Effect of transportation method on preoperative anxiety in children: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study was performed to evaluate the effect of a wagon as a transport vehicle instead of the standard stretcher car to reduce children's anxiety of separation from parents. The secondary goal was to evaluate whether this anxiolytic effect was related to age.

Methods

We divided 80 children (age 2-7 years) into two groups. The stretcher group was transferred to the operating room on a conventional stretcher car, whereas the wagon group was transferred using a wagon. The level of anxiety was evaluated three times using the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS): in the waiting area (T0), in the hallway to the operating room (T1), and before induction of anesthesia (T2).

Results

The mYPAS score was significantly lower in the wagon group (36.7 [31.

SUBMITTER: Park SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7000284 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature