The Effect Of Animal-Assisted Intervention

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• Conditions: Emergencies; Pediatric; Animal Model; Fear; Nursing Caries
• Interventions: Other: Routine Care; Other: ANIMAL-ASSISTED INTERVENTION

• Registration Number: NCT05824624
• Lead Sponsor: Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to examine the effect of animal-assisted practice on fear in children admitted to the emergency room.

Detailed Description

Children's fears about the hospital are traumatic and confront us as a hindering factor in their growth and development.Bringing the child to the emergency room and not knowing what will happen there creates great fear in him. Children already have different fears according to different age groups and developmental stages. These; separation from family, pain and suffering, change in body image (losing body parts), etc. The state of fear can lead to a worsening of the child's existing illness and symptoms. In addition to being separated from the family, being separated from peers, not being able to play games, staying away from school if going to school, etc. they have concerns.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-28
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-04-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-20
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-21
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-21
• Study Start: 2023-05-20
• Primary Completion: 2023-10-01
• Study Completion: 2024-01-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 35

Inclusion Criteria

• To be followed for at least 2 hours in the pediatric emergency room,
• Age range is 5-7,
• Not afraid of the goldfish to be used in the research,
• Not allergic to fish and fish feed,
• Does not have physical, auditory, visual and cognitive barriers to feeding (feeding),
• No speech or communication disorder that will prevent the parent and child from communicating,
• Parent and child's willingness to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who are not admitted to the Pediatric Emergency room, patients who do not fit the age range of 5-7, who stay less than 2 hours,
• Afraid of goldfish, allergic to fish food, preventing feeding, having physical, auditory, visual and cognitive disabilities,
• Patients with speech and communication disorders that will prevent parents and children from communicating,
• Parent and child not willing to participate in the research.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control group	Routine Care	Routine care will be given to the children in the control group.
study group	ANIMAL-ASSISTED INTERVENTION	Animal-supported application will be made to the children in the study group.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Scale Development of Fear in Children Against Nursing Interventions and Used Materıals	2 hours	The scale was created to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool for children to determine their fear of nursing interventions and used materials. As a result of the validity and reliability analyzes of the scale, it was composed of 18 items. The scale has 2 sub-dimensions. These are fear of common materials (10 items) and fear of uncommon materials (8 items). The scale was scored as (1) not afraid, (2) little afraid, (3) afraid, (4) very afraid, (5) extremely afraid.
Child Fear Scale	2 hours	The Scale is a scale consisting of the display of five drawn facial expressions, ranging from neutral expression (0 points) to "no fear" to frightened face (4 points) to "severe fear". The scale is intended for children aged 5-10 years.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University; 🇹🇷 Tokat, Eyalet/Yerleşke, Turkey