Use of a Visual Aid in Improving Caregiver Understanding and Recall in Pediatric Anesthesia Consent Process - a Randomized Controlled Trial

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Informed consent in pediatric anesthesia is obtained from the caregiver by the anesthesiologist prior to surgery. Studies demonstrate that caregivers often do not fully understand or recall the information (risks and benefits) discussed with them during the consent process. The use of visual aids (pictographs etc.) in the consent process has been studied and found beneficial in increasing recall of the discussion about surgery (appendectomy) and for sedation in the emergency department. The investigators developed posters/pamphlets as visual aids with information about general anesthesia and risks involved to help the caregivers understand the process and risks better when their child comes in for an elective procedure. This randomized controlled trial comparing the recall and satisfaction of the standard consent process with and without the use of the visual aids will help evaluate whether the consent process and caregiver understanding can be improved by using these aids.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Maximum Age: 100
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• caregivers of pediatric patients under the age of 18 years old who are undergoing elective surgical procedures (adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy, strabismus repair, appendectomy, cholecystectomy, herniotomy, circumcision, etc.) requiring a general anesthetic

Locations
Other Locations
Canada
London Health Sciences Centre
RECRUITING
London
Contact Information
Primary
Niveditha Karuppiah
Niveditha.Karuppiah@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-03-31
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-05-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 140
Treatments
No_intervention: Standard Consent
Participants will receive the standard anesthesia consent procedure without the use of the visual aid that is being used in this study.
Experimental: Consent with Visual Aid
Participants will receive standard anesthesia consent procedure with the use of the visual aid that is being used in this study.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

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