RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT07062835

Perioperative Preparation Application Developed for Children and Parents

Domestic Perioperative Preparation Application Developed for Children and Parents: Digital Serious Health Game-PeroPap (Perioperative Paediatric Application)

Sponsor

Dilek Kucuk Alemdar

Enrollment

194 participants

Start Date

Jul 3, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Surgery

Summary

Approaches to increase the compliance of children and parents in daily surgical interventions in children are limited. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical usability of the Paediatric Perioperative Preparation Game Application-PeroPap, which will be developed to prepare children and parents for day surgery. The secondary aim is to investigate its effect on the perioperative adaptation process of children and parents, children's symptoms such as pain, anxiety, nausea, vomiting and postoperative behavioural changes, and parents' anxiety and satisfaction.

Eligibility

Min Age: 7 YearsMax Age: 10 Years

Inclusion Criteria7

The child is between 7 and 10 years old,
The child receives general anesthesia
The child is hospitalized for a surgical operation,
Voluntariness of parents and children to participate in the study,
The child has no visual, hearing or mental disabilities,
The parent or child has an Android or IOS device with an internet connection,
Written and verbal consent from parents and children.

Exclusion Criteria4

The child has a hearing problem,
The child and parent are not comfortable speaking and understanding Turkish,
The child is not at the level of mental development to answer the questions asked,
Lack of a primary caregiver.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALPerioperative Paediatric Application

Children in the experimental group will start receiving interactive perioperative preparation training with the PeroPap application 1 day before surgery and play the PeroPap game. Children will learn about the operation process by watching and playing the PeroPap character's cartoon story about the operation process. They will also listen to the song "PeroPap is having surgery" and play the "PeroPap Game" in the application, which they can play before and after surgery. At the same time, in the parent module, information will be provided for parents with the cartoon story "PeroPap is Having Surgery".

OTHERControl

In order to meet the perioperative health care needs of the children and their parents in the control group, when they applied to the outpatient clinic for anaesthesia consultation on the working day before the operation, standard individualised care interventions will be provided according to their needs preoperatively and until their discharge, and children and parents will be given surgery preparation training with the education booklet "PeroPap is Having Surgery".