Fig. 1.

Example template of recommended content for the schedule of enrolment, interventions and assessments. M0 (Moment 0): baseline status upon arrival at the presurgical hospitalisation area; M1 (Moment 1): stay in the pre-surgical hospitalisation area; M2 (Moment 2): moment when the patient is transferred to the operating room up to the entrance to the surgical ward and parental separation; M3 (Moment 3): time during the induction of anaesthesia in the operating room; PACU (Post-Anaesthetic Resuscitation Unit): upon arrival at PACU and until recovery from anaesthesia. ICC Induction Compliance Checklist; m-YPAS modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale