Endpoints | Time/Scale | Control (N = 40) | Intervention (N = 38) | P value |
|---|
mYPAS (median [IQR]) | T0 | 41.68 [31.26, 45.85] | 41.68 [37.51, 45.85] | 0.859 |
T1 | 31.26 [27.09, 41.68] | 22.92 [22.92, 27.09] | < 0.001 |
T2 | 55.22 [41.68, 62.50] | 32.30 [22.92, 37.51] | < 0.001 |
T3 | 60.43 [45.85, 72.93] | 37.51 [31.26, 49.49] | < 0.001 |
Compliance Scale, n (%) | poor | 7 (17.5) | 1 (2.6) | 0.048 |
moderate | 30 (75) | 30 (78.9) |
perfect | 3 (7.5) | 7 (18.4) |
- Notes: mYPAS-SF: the modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale-Short-Form; Compliance Scale: According to the child’s behavior at the time of placing the mask, their compliance during induction was classified as poor (ICC > 4], moderate (ICC = 1–4), and perfect (ICC = 0). T0 = baseline, in an ophthalmology outpatient clinic, before any intervention; T1 = in the preoperative waiting area; T2 = at the time of separation from parents, move to OR; T3 = at the time of anesthesia induction. P value calculation: Continuous variables were tested by two independent samples t-tests
