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Recorded Maternal Voice on the Emergence of General Anesthesia on Pediatric Patients

An interventional study of recorded maternal voice and recorded stranger's voice in Anesthesia, General, sponsored by Daegu Catholic University Medical Center. Completed at 1 site in Korea, Republic of. Open to participants aged 2 Years to 8 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-10-31.

Sponsored by Daegu Catholic University Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
66
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
2 Years to 8 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Mother spend a large amount of time with their children. It is assumed that mother contributes to their neurological development not only with visual stimuli, but also with auditory stimuli. A recent study revealed that prefrontal cortex can be activated in response to the self-name being spoken by the mother than by a stranger. Therefore, investigators suppose that recorded maternal voice can stimulate the pediatric patients and thereby fasten the emergence from general anesthesia.

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Conditions studied

  • Anesthesia, General

Keywords

  • emergence delirium
  • emergence time
  • bispectral index
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In context

Lead sponsor

Daegu Catholic University Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 28 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
2 Years to 8 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Children aged between 2 and 8 years of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status (ASA PS) I or II who are planned to receive ophthalmology or otorhinolaryngology surgery under general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • ASA PS III or IV
  • with developmental delay or neurological diseases associated with symptoms of agitation
  • refusal of consent
  • maternal mutism
  • absence of mother
  • with allergy or contraindication to use of ketamine (increased intracranial pressure, open-globe injury, and a psychiatric or seizure disorder)
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
66 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Group M

    At the end of surgery, patients were stimulated to wake up by recorded mother's voice, which was recorded before the operation.

    Procedure: recorded maternal voice

  • Active comparator
    Group S

    At the end of surgery, patients were stimulated to wake up by recorded stranger's voice, which was recorded before the operation.

    Procedure: recorded stranger's voice

Interventions

  • Procedurerecorded maternal voice

    A voice recording will be performed before the operation. At a preoperative visit or preoperative clinic, informed consent was obtained before the recording. On a calm environment, the mother was asked to speak following sentences. " OO (first name of child), wake up\~. Let's go home with mommy. OO, wake up\~. Open your eyes. Take a deep breath. " At the end of surgery, the recorded maternal voice was delivered to the child every 15 seconds until he/she wakes up.

  • Procedurerecorded stranger's voice

    A voice recording will be performed before the operation. On a calm environment, a blinded female investigator was asked to speak following sentences. " OO (first name of child), wake up\~. Let's go home with mommy. OO, wake up\~. Open your eyes. Take a deep breath. "

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. initial PAED score

    On arrival at post-anesthesia care unit (PACU), patients were checked PAED. The PAED scale is a validated observational measure of 5 aspects of child behavior (caregiver eye contact, purposeful movement, evidence of awareness of surroundings, restlessness, and inconsolability). Ratings are summed to produce a total score ranging from 0 to 20; greater scores indicate greater severity.

    Time frame: During 1 minutes after PACU admission

Secondary outcomes

  1. BIS over 60

    At the end of operation, investigators stop the anesthetics and carefully watch the bispectral index (BIS) monitor. Simultaneously, investigators check the duration of time from discontinuation of anesthetics until the BIS \>60.

    Time frame: During 1 hour after operation

  2. Incidence of emergence delirium (ED)

    The incidence of emergence delirium (ED) was defined as pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium (PAED) score of \>12 or Watcha scale over 3 at PACU.

    Time frame: During 60 minutes after PACU admission

  3. PAED score on 10, 20, and 30 min

    On arrival at post-anesthesia care unit (PACU), patients were checked PAED. The PAED scale is a validated observational measure of 5 aspects of child behavior (caregiver eye contact, purposeful movement, evidence of awareness of surroundings, restlessness, and inconsolability). Ratings are summed to produce a total score ranging from 0 to 20; greater scores indicate greater severity.

    Time frame: During 60 minutes after PACU admission

  4. Watcha scale on initial, 10, 20, and 30 min

    On arrival and 10, 20, and 30 min after PACU admission, patients were checked Watcha scale as following 4-point scale 1. calm 2. crying, but can be consoled 3. Crying, cannot be consoled 4. Agitated and thrashing around

    Time frame: During 60 minutes after PACU admission

  5. BIS over 70 and 80 time

    At the end of operation, investigators stop the anesthetics and carefully watch the bispectral index (BIS) monitor. Simultaneously, investigators check the duration of time from discontinuation of anesthetics until the BIS reached 70 and 80 value.

    Time frame: During 1 hour after operation

  6. FLACC score on initial, 10, 20, and 30 min

    Face, legs, activity, cry, and consolability (FLACC) score is checked every 10min after PACU admission

    Time frame: During 60 minutes after PACU admission

  7. Extubation time

    time from discontinuation of anesthetics to extubation

    Time frame: During 1 hour after operation

  8. mean blood pressure

    Mean blood pressure (MBP) is checked at five time points; cessation of anesthetics (baseline), the BIS reached value of 60, time of extubation, PACU arrival, and PACU discharge.

    Time frame: During 1 hour after operation

  9. Heart rate

    Heart rate is checked at five time points; cessation of anesthetics (baseline), the BIS reached value of 60, time of extubation, PACU arrival, and PACU discharge.

    Time frame: During 1 hour after operation

  10. Eye opening or purposeful movement time

    defined as the interval from the cessation of anesthetics to eye opening or purposeful movement of patients

    Time frame: During 1 hour after operation

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Study locations

1 site
  • Daegu Catholic University Medical Center
    Daegu, 42472, Korea, Republic of
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References and documents

Publications

  • Byun S, Song S, Kim JH, Ryu T, Jeong MY, Kim E. Mother's recorded voice on emergence can decrease postoperative emergence delirium from general anaesthesia in paediatric patients: a prospective randomised controlled trial. Br J Anaesth. 2018 Aug;121(2):483-489. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.01.042. Epub 2018 Apr 17. PubMed 30032889 ↗
  • Song SY, Kwak SG, Kim E. Effect of a mother's recorded voice on emergence from general anesthesia in pediatric patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2017 Sep 15;18(1):430. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2164-4. PubMed 28915907 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 31, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02955680
Lead sponsor
Daegu Catholic University Medical Center
Responsible party
Eugene Kim (Assistant professor, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 4, 2016
Start date
Nov 2016
Primary completion
Sep 2017
Completion
Sep 21, 2017
Last update
Oct 31, 2017

Study contacts

Eugene Kim, MD
study director · Daegu Catholic University Medical Center
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