Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Pre-operative distraction using electric ride-on cars for children undergoing elective ambulatory surgery: A randomised controlled trial
Authors' conclusion
Our randomised controlled trial showed that the use of ride-on e-cars did not alter pre-operative anxiety as compared with standard transport in children undergoing elective ambulatory surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Children aged 2 to 10 years, <35 kg, undergoing elective ambulatory surgery, teaching hospital, Marseille, France, 2019–2021
- Participants
- 115 children
- Comparison
- Ride-on e-cars vs trolley transport from OR waiting area to OR
- Controln = 56reference
- Interventionn = 59
- Primary endpoint
- Pre-operative anxiety (modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Score Short Form (mYPAS-SF))
- Follow-up
- End of transport, prior to going into the OR
Methodological detailsprospective, open-label
- Prospective
- Open-label
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Control
39
± 19
Intervention
37
± 21
P = 0.574
Secondary outcomes
Anxiety over time, postoperative pain (Face Legs Activity Cry Consolability (FLACC)) and agitation (Paediatric Anaesthesia Emergence Delirium (PAED))
- Similar between the two groups
Original publication
Pre-operative distraction using electric ride-on cars for children undergoing elective ambulatory surgery: A randomised controlled trial. Eur J Anaesthesiol. Published 3 October 2022. doi:10.
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