The Impact of an Animated Video on Preoperative Anxiety in Children Undergoing Elective Otoplasty

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

40

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

June 1, 2023

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2024

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2024

Conditions
Pre-operative AnxietyOtoplastyPaediatric Surgery
Interventions
OTHER

animated video

Participants randomized to the intervention group will receive a link to a short survey gauging parent anxiety levels three days prior to their childs surgery date. If randomly assigned to watch the informative animated video, the survey will be followed by a link to a video which families are free to watch prior to your child's surgery date. Once participants and there family watch the video, they will be asked to rate the quality of the video on a scale of 0 (very bad) to 10 (excellent). Responses to this question will be used to confirm that participants watched the video to the end.

Trial Locations (1)

B3K 6R8

RECRUITING

IWK health centre, Halifax

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

All Listed Sponsors
lead

IWK Health Centre

OTHER