Does Style of Pre-sedation Instructions Improve Patient Outcomes in Ambulatory Anesthesia for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery?

Description

This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the impact of a brief guided visualization exercise on anesthesia-related outcomes in oral and maxillofacial surgery in patients scheduled for ambulatory anesthesia in the oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic. Researchers will compare these patients, who will receive the guided visualization exercise in addition to standardized pre-operative instructions, to patients who will only receive the standardized pre-operative instructions. The following outcomes will be measured for both groups: * A seven-point Anesthesia Experience Survey * Face-Legs-Activity-Cry-Consolability (FLACC) scores at three points in time during the anesthetic - during local anesthesia, during surgery, and fifteen minutes after surgery has concluded * Amount of medications used during the sedation * Length of sedation

Conditions

Anesthesia Outcomes, Anesthesia Complication, Anesthesia and Procedure Related Time Intervals, Anesthesia Recovery Period, Anesthesia, Intravenous, Anesthesia Induction

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Study overview

This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the impact of a brief guided visualization exercise on anesthesia-related outcomes in oral and maxillofacial surgery in patients scheduled for ambulatory anesthesia in the oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic. Researchers will compare these patients, who will receive the guided visualization exercise in addition to standardized pre-operative instructions, to patients who will only receive the standardized pre-operative instructions. The following outcomes will be measured for both groups: * A seven-point Anesthesia Experience Survey * Face-Legs-Activity-Cry-Consolability (FLACC) scores at three points in time during the anesthetic - during local anesthesia, during surgery, and fifteen minutes after surgery has concluded * Amount of medications used during the sedation * Length of sedation

Does a Pre-sedation Guided Visualization Exercise Improve Outcomes in Ambulatory Anesthesia for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: a Double-blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial

Does Style of Pre-sedation Instructions Improve Patient Outcomes in Ambulatory Anesthesia for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery?

Condition
Anesthesia Outcomes
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Oakland

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic, Highland Hospital, Alameda Health System, Oakland, California, United States, 94602

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Subjects within ages 8 to 70.
  • * Subjects planned for ambulatory intravenous sedation in the oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic.
  • * Ability to understand verbal English or understand instructions using a sign-language or voice interpreter of their native language.
  • * Subjects who cannot understand the instructions, even with an interpreter (extremes of age, cognitive impairments, severe psychiatric disease that may affect participation)
  • * Subjects not undergoing intravenous sedation (oral sedation, nitrous oxide, local anesthesia)
  • * Subjects undergoing anesthesia in other environments (gastrointestinal suite, operating rooms, interventional radiology)

Ages Eligible for Study

8 Years to 70 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Alameda Health System,

Study Record Dates

2026-06