Condition

Preoperative Anxiety clinical trials and research

• 18Clinical trials
• 12Countries

Newest Preoperative Anxiety clinical trials

All recruiting trials (18)

• Virtual Reality storytelling versus a storybook to ease dental anxiety in children

  This study tests whether watching a VR dental story or reading the same story aloud by a dentist helps 6- to 10-year-old Arabic-speaking children feel calmer before dental visits.

  Recruiting King Abdulaziz University · Jeddah, Mecca Region · NCT07863661

• Positive affirmations and imagery to ease preoperative anxiety before joint replacement

  This study tests whether guided imagery and positive affirmations can reduce anxiety in adults waiting for knee or hip replacement surgery.

  Recruiting Hackensack Meridian Health · Old Bridge, New Jersey · NCT07832253

• Aromatherapy for Preoperative Anxiety, Postoperative Pain, and Patient Experience

  This study tests whether aromatherapy helps reduce preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain and improves the overall patient experience for adults undergoing surgery.

  Recruiting Kaiser Permanente · Stockton, California · NCT07771205

• Does an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) plan reduce preoperative anxiety and improve 1-year patient-reported outcomes in orthopedic patients?

  This study tests whether an ERAS program can lower preoperative anxiety and improve long-term patient-reported outcomes after orthopedic surgery.

  Recruiting Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital · Hualien City, Hualien County · NCT07706244

• Live parent-child video interaction or cartoon watching to ease emergence agitation in preschoolers

  This study tests whether live video calls with a parent or watching cartoons during preoperative transfer can reduce anxiety before anesthesia and agitation after surgery in 2- to 6-year-olds undergoing elective procedures.

  Recruiting Izmir City Hospital · Izmir, İzmir · NCT07689305

• VR preparation for kids before surgery

  A small study tests whether a virtual reality tour of the hospital before surgery helps kids aged 3–12 feel less anxious and more cooperative.

  Recruiting Fundación de investigación HM · Madrid, Mujer · NCT07650695

• Cartoons and mobile games to ease preoperative anxiety in children with appendicitis

  This randomized trial tests whether watching cartoons or playing mobile games for 10 minutes before surgery can reduce anxiety and fear in kids aged 7–12 with appendicitis.

  Recruiting Ankara City Hospital Bilkent · Ankara · NCT07640230

• Intranasal dexmedetomidine versus oral midazolam for premedication in children having elective inguinal or urological surgery

  This trial will test whether intranasal dexmedetomidine or oral midazolam works better to calm children aged 2–10 before elective inguinal or urological surgery.

  Recruiting Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital · Diyarbakır, Outside of the US · NCT07565116

• Does preoperative melatonin improve recovery after gallbladder removal?

  This study tests whether giving melatonin before gallbladder removal helps people recover better after surgery.

  Recruiting Armed Forces Medical Institute Bangladesh · Dhaka, Dhaka Division · NCT07553143

• Daily screen time and pre-surgery anxiety in 2–5 year olds

  We will see if children's daily screen time is linked to how anxious they feel right before elective surgery for kids aged 2 to 5.

  Recruiting Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital · Istanbul, küçükçekmece · NCT07425405

• Personal versus hospital-provided dolls to comfort preschoolers during adenoidectomy or tonsillectomy

  This tests whether a child's own doll or a hospital-provided doll reduces preoperative anxiety and emergence delirium in 3–7-year-old girls having elective adenoidectomy or tonsillectomy.

  Recruiting Ankara City Hospital Bilkent · Ankara, ÇANKAYA · NCT07403773

• Ride-on toy car transfer for preschool boys going to the operating room

  This trial will see if moving boys aged 3–7 to the operating room in a ride-on toy car reduces preoperative anxiety and emergence delirium compared with a standard stretcher.

  Recruiting Ankara City Hospital Bilkent · Ankara · NCT07403747

• Virtual reality tools to ease preoperative anxiety in adults awaiting elective surgery

  This study tests whether co-designed virtual reality educational and distraction videos can reduce preoperative anxiety in adults having planned surgery, compared with usual care.

  Recruiting Chinese University of Hong Kong · Kowloon · NCT07379450

• Virtual reality to reduce anxiety before MR-guided focused ultrasound for essential tremor

  This study tests whether watching a short virtual reality video can lower pre-treatment anxiety in adults having MRgFUS for medication-refractory essential tremor.

  Recruiting Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre · North York, Ontario · NCT07287605

• Virtual reality to reduce anxiety and improve vital signs and satisfaction for women having gynecologic cancer surgery

  This study will try a short virtual reality relaxation session before open gynecologic cancer surgery to reduce anxiety and help stabilize heart rate, blood pressure, and patient satisfaction.

  Recruiting Hacettepe University · Ankara · NCT07016880

• Using dexmedetomidine and esketamine for sedation in young children before surgery

  This study tests if a combination of two medications, dexmedetomidine and esketamine, can help young children feel calm and relaxed before surgery.

  Recruiting Phase 4 Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University · Wenzhou, Zhejiang and 1 other locations · NCT06853431

• Using virtual reality to reduce anxiety in patients before interventional radiology procedures

  This study tests if using virtual reality to watch calming videos can help reduce anxiety in patients getting CT-guided biopsies compared to regular preoperative care.

  Recruiting Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli · Bologna, Bologna · NCT06745765

• Comparing two doses of oral melatonin to reduce anxiety in children before surgery

  This study is testing if two different doses of melatonin can help reduce anxiety in children aged 4 to 14 before they have surgery.

  Recruiting at 2 sites Al-Azhar University · Cairo, Cairo Governorate and 1 other locations · NCT06489327

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Quick answers

How many Preoperative Anxiety clinical trials are recruiting right now?

18, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.

Where are these trials running?

In 12 countries. The most sites are in Turkey (Türkiye) (7 trials), United States (2 trials), Taiwan (1 trial), Hong Kong (1 trial), China (1 trial). Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.

What phases are they in?

Phase 4: 1. Trials with no phase listed are usually device, behavioural or observational studies.

How do I join one?

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