Letting Children Listen to Music During Computed Tomography

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Fear; Computed Tomography
• Interventions: Other: Music

• Registration Number: NCT06086509
• Lead Sponsor: Gümüşhane Universıty

Brief Summary

This study examines the effect of music during computed tomography in children. This study, conducted on a total of 60 children, was divided into two groups: the music group and the control group. According to the research results; showed that music reduces fear and anxiety levels in children and stabilizes vital signs (pulse and respiratory rate) during a tomography scan.

Detailed Description

Aim: This research was conducted to determine the effect of music played during computerized tomography (CT) imaging in children on fear, anxiety and vital signs.

Method: This randomized, double-blind controlled trial was conducted with Consolidated Standards of Reporting Studies (CONSORT) guidelines. The sample includes children aged 5-10 years who had CT scans in the emergency department of a public hospital in eastern Turkey between April 18 and May 20, 2023 and met the inclusion criteria for the study. The research was completed with a total of 60 children, divided evenly into one of two groups. The nursing intervention of the research is to listen to music. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using the Child and Family Information Form, the Child Fear Scale, the State Anxiety Scale for Children, and the Vital Signs Monitoring Form (pulse, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation). Ethical principles were followed in the research.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-04-18
• Primary Completion: 2023-05-20
• Study Completion: 2023-09-20
• Study First Submitted: 2023-09-30
• Status Verified: 2023-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-10-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-10-16
• Study First Posted: 2023-10-17
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Being between the ages of 5-10
• Hospitalization is for diagnostic or treatment purposes
• The child and the parent speak and understand Turkish comfortably.

Exclusion Criteria

• Having previous tomography shooting experience
• Having chronic diseases
• Visual, auditory, speech and mental disorders
• There is a history of sedative, analgesic or narcotic substance use within 24 hours before application.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
music group	Music	Questionnaires and scales were filled out by the researcher five minutes before the CT scan. Just before the CT scan began, the children in the music group were started to listen to "Lullaby K 350" music by inserting a Bluetooth headset into their ears. If the process took longer, the music was played again. Additionally, the Bluetooth headset was properly disinfected before each use to prevent the spread of infectious diseases among patients.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Children's Fear Scale (CFS)	one month	Children's Fear Scale is a scale scored between 0 and 4 showing five faces varying between a neutral expression (0 = no fear) to fearful face (4 = extreme fear).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child Anxiety Scale-State (CAS-S)	one month	The Child Anxiety Scale-State Scale resembles a thermometer with a bulb at the bottom and horizontal lines at intervals going upwards. This scale, for children ages 4 to 10, instructs children to "Imagine that all your anxious or nervous feelings are in the bulb or bottom part of the thermometer

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Gümüşhane University; 🇹🇷 Gümüşhane, Turkey