Open AccessIncentive-Based Game for Allaying Preoperative Anxiety in Children: A Prospective, Randomized Trial
Author(s) -
Bijay Chaurasia,
Divya Jain,
Swati Mehta,
Komal Gandhi,
Preethy J Mathew
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000003717
Subject(s) - anxiety , medicine , randomized controlled trial , checklist , psychological intervention , physical therapy , confidence interval , anesthesia , psychiatry , psychology , cognitive psychology
Induction of anesthesia can be distressing both for children and their parents. Nonpharmacological behavioral interventions can reduce the anxiety of children without significant adverse effects as seen with sedative medications. We hypothesized that the use of incentive-based game therapy in conjunction with parental involvement would be a simple and cost-effective intervention in reducing the preoperative anxiety in children.