Development and Validation of EVANpedia for the assessment of Perioperative Experience in Pediatric Patients - PubMed
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- #Pediatric Anesthesia
- #Perioperative Care
- #Patient-Reported Outcomes
- Development and validation of EVANpedia, a self-reported instrument for assessing perioperative experience in pediatric patients.
- EVANpedia comprises 26 items grouped into six dimensions: Anxiety, Thirst and Hunger, Loss of Autonomy, Pain, Nausea and Vomiting, and Confusion.
- The study included 600 patients aged 7-17 years across four anesthesia departments.
- High internal construct validity with excellent fit statistics across all dimensions (from 0.95 to 1.03).
- Convergent validity supported by correlations between EVANpedia scores and concurrent measures.
- 9% of children reported disappointment with their perioperative experience, showing significantly lower EVANpedia scores.
- EVANpedia demonstrated excellent sensitivity to clinical change, supporting its responsiveness.
- EVANpedia is a psychometrically robust tool for assessing perioperative experience in children and adolescents.