An interventional study of midazolam and clown doctor in Insomnia, sponsored by Shaare Zedek Medical Center. Status unknown at 1 site in Israel. Open to participants aged 2 Years to 12 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2009-10-20.
Sponsored by Shaare Zedek Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
The purpose of the present investigation will be to determine whether a combination of clown doctor and parental presence is more effective than a combination of sedative premedication and parental presence for reducing anxiety in children and their parents and for improving parental satisfaction.
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Drug: midazolam
Other: clown doctor
Children in this group will be premedicated with oral midazolam syrup (0.3 mg.kg) at least 15 minutes before the surgical procedure and one of the parents will be present throughout the anesthesia induction process.
Children will interact with clowns before entering the operating room and will stay with them and one of the parents throughout the anesthesia induction process.
Preoperative anxiety
Time frame: Prior to induction of anesthesia
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