Medical Clowning: Needs Assessment and Implication for Hospitalized Children With Cancer/Blood Disease

Completed

• Conditions: Hospitalized Children; Cancer; Friendly Healthcare in Children; Blood Disease; Medical Clown
• Interventions: Behavioral: Medical Clowning for children

• Registration Number: NCT03586180
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Brief Summary

Hospitalized children who undergo painful procedures are more susceptible than others to experiencing iatrogenic effects, such as anxiety, pain, and severe stress. Clowns in clinical setting have been found to be effective in reducing children's experiences of these effects during hospitalization and before procedures. This article provides an overview of clowning in health care settings; reviews major studies conducted on clowning for hospitalized children, discussing evidence that clown interventions decrease pain and distress in pediatric patients; and concludes with a discussion of health care clowning as a profession.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-06-04
• Study Start: 2018-06-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-07-12
• Study First Posted: 2018-07-13
• Primary Completion: 2020-03-31
• Study Completion: 2020-03-31
• Status Verified: 2020-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-08-06
• Last Update Posted: 2020-08-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 148

Inclusion Criteria

• aged 4-18 children with cancer/blood disease and parents of children aged 0-18 years with cancer/blood disease

Exclusion Criteria

• older than aged 18

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
children and their parents	Medical Clowning for children	aged 4-18 children with cancer/blood disease and their parents
Dr. Clowns	Medical Clowning for children	they will perform shows for children and parents

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
experience and influence from medical clowning for children and their parents	1 year	Children with cancer/blood disease and their parents would use self-report to complete the questionnaire after medical clowning. Using Face Rating Scale (1=very unhappy to 5=very happy) for measuring emotion state (pre-emotion for before medical clowning and post-emotion for after medical clowning). It can understand whether their emotion state change before/after medical clowning or not.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taiwan Universtiy Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan