The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational health game intervention for children undergoing anesthesia from the perspective of children's anxiety. Participants are divided into three groups: one plays an educational game, another gets similar educational material (story) on a website and the third receives usual care. Anxiety will be evaluated with a standard assessment tool at the medical centre and parents answer questionnaires about themselves and their child. The study is an important step into innovation in the field of patient education where computer games are used to disseminate information, teach salvation and promote faith in the child's own ability and courage. The study will provide important information on children's anxiety for anaesthesia and what the effects of the computer game are compared to other educational methods.
Undergoing anesthesia for medical procedure
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Factorial
Education and teaching of coping strategies
Other interventionthe intervention consists of patient education for children, the same content delivered through either an educational game and storytelling
Preoperative anxiety of children
Anxiety is measured with short version of the modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS-SF) with observational scores from 22.9, minimal anxiety, to 100, maximal anxiety
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