Individual cartoon video for alleviating perioperative anxiety and reducing emergence delirium in children: a prospective randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perioperative anxiety and emergence delirium (ED) in young children may cause a series of adverse events, which are worth investigating. Pharmacological treatments of anxiety and delirium remain uncertain, while non-pharmacological treatments lack personalization and pertinence.

Aims

The aim of study was to determine whether an individual cartoon video can alleviate perioperative anxiety and reduce ED in young children undergoing adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy.

Methods

Children between 3 and 7 years old undergoing adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy were randomly assigned to an individual cartoon video group (group V) or a control group (group C). In group V, an individual cartoon video of the child' s own choice was played throughout the whole waiting, anaest

SUBMITTER: Tang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10335578 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature