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Preoperative Anxiety Evaluation: a New Visual Smileys Scale

Sponsor
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT02667847
Collaborator
(none)
200
Enrollment
1
Location
14
Duration (Months)
14.3
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Preoperative anxiety is a complex clinical concept with both physiological and psychological consequences.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase

    Detailed Description

    This study looks at the need for a more user friendly, rapid tool for measuring preoperative anxiety, specifically by evaluating the visual smileys scale.

    Study Design

    Study Type:
    Observational
    Actual Enrollment :
    200 participants
    Observational Model:
    Cohort
    Time Perspective:
    Prospective
    Official Title:
    Preoperative Anxiety Evaluation: a New Visual Smileys Scale
    Study Start Date :
    Dec 1, 2012
    Actual Primary Completion Date :
    Dec 1, 2013
    Actual Study Completion Date :
    Feb 1, 2014

    Arms and Interventions

    Arm Intervention/Treatment
    Preoperative patients

    Preoperative patients were asked to verbally rate their anxiety 1=on a scale from 0-10 and 2=using the new smiley scale

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Anxiety level, as measured by verbal rating scale or visual smileys scale [up to 5 minutes]

      in preoperative setting

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. scale preference [up to 5 minutes]

      in preoperative setting, comparing verbal rating scale and visual smileys scale

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years to 80 Years
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:

    • 18 to 80 years old

    • undergoing surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center

    Exclusion Criteria:
    • did not receive sedative or narcotic prior to the interview

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles California United States 90048

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Investigators

    None specified.

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Roya Yumul, M.D.,PhD., Corresponding Author, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT02667847
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • Pro00030220
    First Posted:
    Jan 29, 2016
    Last Update Posted:
    Feb 3, 2016
    Last Verified:
    Feb 1, 2016
    Keywords provided by Roya Yumul, M.D.,PhD., Corresponding Author, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    preoperative anxiety assessment
    levels of preoperative anxiety using two different scales
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:
    Anxiety Disorders

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Feb 3, 2016