# Does Distraction With a Hand Held Video Game Reduce Preoperative and Emergence Anxiety in Children?

> **NCT00932685** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey** · enrollment: 119 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pediatric Emergence Agitation and Pain

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Midazolam
- **DEVICE:** Game Boy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00932685
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2005-12
- **Primary completion:** 2007-06
- **Final completion:** 2007-07
- **Target enrollment:** 119 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2009-07-03

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00932685

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00932685, "Does Distraction With a Hand Held Video Game Reduce Preoperative and Emergence Anxiety in Children?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00932685. Licensed CC0.

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