Kids' voices in surgery: new study aims to measure what really matters to young patients
NCT ID NCT07289152
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study wants to improve how we measure children's recovery and experience after surgery and anesthesia. Researchers will translate and test a recovery scale for Danish children aged 4-12, and also develop a new questionnaire that lets children describe their own hospital experience. The goal is to give healthcare workers better insight into what matters to kids, helping reduce anxiety and improve care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) questionnaires
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could give healthcare workers a better understanding of what matters to children during surgery and help improve care for young patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage validation and development study with a small sample size (150 for validation, 20 for pilot). The tools may not work as well in other hospitals or countries.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 250 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Children undergoing surgery and general anesthesia aged 4-12 years.
- Ages
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4 to 12 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Pediatric patients aged 4-12, American Society of * Anesthesiologists physical status classification (ASA) I-III * undergoing surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Children with cognitive or sensory disorders * children or parents who do not speak Danish, * patients for whom there is no consent to participate.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Aarhus University Hospital
RECRUITINGAarhus, Central Jutland, 8200, Denmark
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Copenhagen University Hospital
RECRUITINGCopenhagen, Region Sjælland, 2100, Denmark
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Gødstrup Hospital
RECRUITINGHerning, 7400, Denmark
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