Presurgery Anxiolysis in Children Treated With Hydroxyzine Versus Non-pharmacological Intervention (Distractoria Technique Clown)

Summary

This study evaluate the change in preoperative anxiety, baseline (M1) and pre-induction anxiety levels (M3), as shown by children undergoing MAS determined by the m-YPAS scale in the different APO management groups.Patients will be allocated in one of this four groups: hydroxyzine+clown; hydroxyzine alone, clowns alone or nothing

Timeline

Start

2017-11-01

Primary completion

2020-05-29

Completion

2020-05-29

Publications

• Aleo E, Picado AL, Abancens BJ, Soto Beauregard C, Tur Salamanca N, Esteban Polonios C, Torrejon MJ, Perrino CG, Rivas A, Arias E, Rodriguez D, Rivas MA, Rojo MLR, Garcia PF, Alarcon JR, San Pedro de Urquiza B. Evaluation of the Effect of Hydroxyzine on Preoperative Anxiety and Anesthetic Adequacy in Children: Double Blind Randomized Clinical Trial. Biomed Res Int. 2021 Nov 11;2021:7394042. doi: 10.1155/2021/7394042. eCollection 2021.
• Aleo Lujan E, Lopez-Picado A, Rivas A, Joyanes Abancens B, Rodriguez Rojo ML, Fernandez Garcia P, Soto Beauregard C, Rodriguez Alarcon J, Gonzalez Perrino C, San Pedro de Urquiza B, Arias E, Rodriguez D, Esteban Polonio C, Torrejon MJ. Pre-operative anxiolysis in children through a combined pharmacological therapy with hydroxyzine and a non-pharmacological distraction technique with a clown (SONRISA): study protocol for randomised double-blind clinical trial. Trials. 2020 Jan 2;21(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3906-2.

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