Preoperative Anxiety Evaluation: a New Visual Smileys Scale

Anxiety, Preoperative Clinical Trial

Official title:

Preoperative Anxiety Evaluation: a New Visual Smileys Scale

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02667847
• Other study ID #: Pro00030220
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 26, 2015
• Last updated: February 2, 2016
• Start date: December 2012
• Est. completion date: February 2014

Study information

• Verified date: February 2016
• Source: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: February 2014
• Est. primary completion date: December 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

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

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety Disorders
• Anxiety, Preoperative

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Anxiety level, as measured by verbal rating scale or visual smileys scale	in preoperative setting	up to 5 minutes	No
Secondary	scale preference	in preoperative setting, comparing verbal rating scale and visual smileys scale	up to 5 minutes	No