Ride-On Toy Car Use During Operating Room Transfer in Preschool Children

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Toy car: Transfer to the operating room using a ride-on toy car.

Standard Transfer: Transfer to the operating room using a standard hospital stretcher.

Study summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether the method of transfer to the operating room can reduce preoperative anxiety and postoperative emergence delirium in male children aged 3 to 7 years undergoing elective adenoidectomy and/or tonsillectomy.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does transfer using a ride-on toy car reduce preoperative anxiety compared with standard stretcher transfer?
* Does this transfer method affect the incidence and severity of postoperative emergence delirium? Researchers will compare toy car transfer with standard hospital stretcher transfer to see if the toy car transfer is associated with lower anxiety levels and reduced emergence delirium.

Participants will:

* Transfer to the operating room either using a ride-on toy car or a standard hospital stretcher
* Have preoperative anxiety assessed at predefined time points
* Be evaluated for postoperative emergence delirium during recovery

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Preoperative Anxiety Level — Assessments will be conducted in the waiting area, immediately before transfer to the operating room, during transport through the operating room corridor, and immediately before anesthesia induction.
  Preoperative anxiety will be assessed using the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (m-YPAS) and the Visual Analog Scale for Anxiety (VAS-A) during the preoperative period. Preoperative anxiety will be assessed using m-YPAS, (score range 23-100) and VAS-A (score range 0-10), with higher scores indicating increased anxiety severity.

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