Diet Education and Postoperative Outcomes in Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy

Launched by MALTEPE UNIVERSITY · May 23, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is looking at how diet education can affect recovery after a common surgery called adenotonsillectomy, which involves removing the tonsils and adenoids in children. The goal is to see if teaching kids and their families about the right foods to eat after the surgery can help reduce pain and the chance of bleeding during recovery. In total, 76 children will participate, with half receiving special diet education before their surgery, while the other half will get the usual care. Researchers will check in on the children’s pain levels and any bleeding at various times after the surgery to see if the diet education makes a difference.

To be eligible to join the trial, children must be scheduled for an adenotonsillectomy and not have any milk allergies or certain medical conditions that could complicate recovery, like swallowing difficulties or some behavioral disorders. Additionally, a caregiver must be available to stay with the child throughout the process and be able to communicate in Turkish. If children and their caregivers agree to participate, they can expect to receive helpful information on diet and be monitored closely for their recovery, which could lead to a better overall experience after surgery.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • The child being sick,
• • The child will have an adenotonsillectomy,
• • The child has no milk allergy (to exclude children at risk of developing milk allergy during the data collection process),
• • The child's caregiver stays with the child during the research process (to avoid communication barriers and disruptions in treatment and care instructions during the training and data collection process),
• • The child and caregiver can speak and understand Turkish (to avoid communication barriers during the training and data collection process),
• • The child's caregiver agrees to the research,
• • Children without swallowing difficulties and aspiration risk (e.g. nasogastric catheter, tracheostomy)
• • Children without diseases that cause maladaptive behavior (e.g. autism, cerebral palsy)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • The child has a milk allergy,
• • Children with diseases that cause swallowing difficulties, risk of aspiration and maladaptive behavior (e.g. autism, cerebral palsy)
• • Failure of the child and caregiver to attend the follow-up examination on the 7th day after surgery