L-WebTIPS for Latinx Children Undergoing Surgery
This study is testing a mobile health application called L-WebTIPS to help Latinx children aged 2-7 who are having outpatient surgery. L-WebTIPS is a culturally adapted app for both the child and parent, aiming to improve how children feel before and after surgery. Researchers want to see if L-WebTIPS can reduce anxiety in children before surgery, specifically when they are in the waiting area, moving to the operating room, and when they first see the anesthesia mask. The study is looking for 120 children whose parents speak Spanish as their main language and who may also speak English. The goal is to address differences in surgical outcomes, like high anxiety and pain, that have been observed in Latinx children compared to other groups.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study, meaning participants will receive a specific treatment (L-WebTIPS). It plans to include 120 participants.
- What's involved
- Not specified in the trial record.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- The primary outcomes, child anxiety, are measured before surgery, while in the holding area, when exiting the holding room up to the operating room doors, and when walking into the operating room until the induction mask is presented.
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Latinx Children and Surgery
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What this trial measures
- Child AnxietyChild anxiety before surgery, while in the holding area.
Child anxiety is assessed using the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS) in four time points: the holding area, separation, entrance to the operating room, and the placement of the anesthesia mask. The mYPAS is an observational measure of preoperative anxiety in children consisting of 27 items in five domains of behavior indicating anxiety in young children (Activity, Emotional expressivity, State of arousal, Vocalization and Use of parents). For each category the child is scored from 1-4 (however in vocalization it is 1-6). The mYPAS total score is a sum of all categories for all time points, and ranges from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating greater anxiety.
- Child AnxietyChild anxiety when exiting the holding room and up to the point when the child reaches the operating room (OR) doors.
Child anxiety is assessed using the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS) in four time points: the holding area, separation, entrance to the operating room, and the placement of the anesthesia mask. The mYPAS is an observational measure of preoperative anxiety in children consisting of 27 items in five domains of behavior indicating anxiety in young children (Activity, Emotional expressivity, State of arousal, Vocalization and Use of parents). For each category the child is scored from 1-4 (however in vocalization it is 1-6). The mYPAS total score is a sum of all categories for all time points, and ranges from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating greater anxiety.
- Child AnxietyChild anxiety when child walks into the OR and ends when they are presented with and visually aware of the induction mask.
Child anxiety is assessed using the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS) in four time points: the holding area, separation, entrance to the operating room, and the placement of the anesthesia mask. The mYPAS is an observational measure of preoperative anxiety in children consisting of 27 items in five domains of behavior indicating anxiety in young children (Activity, Emotional expressivity, State of arousal, Vocalization and Use of parents). For each category the child is scored from 1-4 (however in vocalization it is 1-6). The mYPAS total score is a sum of all categories for all time points, and ranges from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating greater anxiety.
- Child AnxietyChild anxiety when the child becomes aware of the mask and ends when they are asleep.
Child anxiety is assessed using the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS) in four time points: the holding area, separation, entrance to the operating room, and the placement of the anesthesia mask. The mYPAS is an observational measure of preoperative anxiety in children consisting of 27 items in five domains of behavior indicating anxiety in young children (Activity, Emotional expressivity, State of arousal, Vocalization and Use of parents). For each category the child is scored from 1-4 (however in vocalization it is 1-6). The mYPAS total score is a sum of all categories for all time points, and ranges from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating greater anxiety.