U.S., Sept. 4 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07151131) titled 'Cartoons and Reflexology for Postoperative Nausea, Pain, and Anxiety in Children' on July 18.
Brief Summary: Preoperative anxiety arises as a physiological response of the body to stressors and is pathophysiologically associated with stimulation of the autonomic nervous system and increased catecholamine release (Durgut, 2021). As a result, elevated levels of cortisol and epinephrine in the body can cause cytotoxic effects at the cellular level. This physiological mechanism may lead to hypertension, arrhythmia, tachycardia, and tachypnea in children (Dehghan et al., 2019; Durgut, 2021).
Due to these effects, recent evidence-based s...