Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Nov 2023
A noninferiority trial on information-based video versus self-selected video distraction technique for preoperative anxiety reduction in school children: Prepare trial.
Distraction techniques using smartphones to watch cartoon videos and play videogames have been successfully used to reduce preoperative anxiety in school children. However, the literature about the use of video-based preoperative information technique for anxiety reduction in that age group still remains understudied with conflicting results. We hypothesized that there would be no meaningful difference in anxiety score at induction period between the information-based video versus self-selected video distraction technique. ⋯ Information-based technique using smart phone is non inferior to self-selected video-based distraction-based technique in decreasing PA with an additional advantage of decreasing postoperative short-term negative outcomes.