Evaluation of the Effect of Hospital Clown's Performance in the Procedure Room of a Pediatric Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Pain score
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators hypothesized that the participation of therapeutic clowns in the pediatric emergency department procedure room would reduce anxiety, improve the level of cooperation children can provide and avoid some of the adverse effects.
详细描述
Research has demonstrated that cognitive psychological techniques, including distraction, can increase pain tolerance. Humor can be an important intervention, able to reduce stress to both the child and the parent. In the last decade there has been a rapid growth in the presence of therapeutic clowns in hospital, particularly in pediatric settings. If therapeutic clowns are shown to positively affect any of the parameters being measured in this study, they should be included as aprt of the standard of care in the pediatric emergency setting.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 3 Years 至 10 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Children needing venous blood sampling or the insertion of an intravenous canula
排除标准
- •Children whose blood work or intravenous line must be accomplished rapidly for therapeutic reasons
- •Absence of a parent during the procedure
- •Abnormal development according to parents
研究组 & 干预措施
No clown
Clown
A clown is present during venipuncture
干预措施: clown (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Pain score
时间窗: at the end of the procedure
recorded by the child
次要结局
- Overall report of procedure's comfort(at the end of the procedure)
- Parental anxiety level(at the end of the procedure)
- Procedure's success rate(at the end of the procedure)