Construction and Application of the Visualization Training Platform Based on a Multimodal Standardized Dataset for Pain Assessment in Critically Ill Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pediatrics; Critical Illness; Pain Measurement
• Interventions: Other: Conventional intervention; Behavioral: Platform intervention

• Registration Number: NCT06431802
• Lead Sponsor: Children's Hospital of Fudan University

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the visualization training platform based on a multimodal standardized dataset for pain assessment in critically ill children is applicable for pain assessment training. The study aims to answer:

1. Does pain assessment training with a visualization training platform based on a multimodal standardized dataset for pain assessment in critically ill children improve participants' knowledge level of pain assessment?

2. Does pain assessment training with a visualization training platform based on a multimodal standardized dataset for pain assessment in critically ill children improve participants' skill level of pain assessment?

Researchers will compare a visualization training platform based on a multimodal standardized dataset for pain assessment in critically ill children to on-site lessons to see how well the platform intervention can be applied to pain assessment training.

Participants will:

1. Use the visualization platform or receive on-site lessons for pain assessment training every week for 1 month.

2. Test before and 1 month after the start of the study.

Detailed Description

In pediatric intensive care units, children are often faced with complex and critical conditions that require frequent procedures which may cause pain, and experience varying degrees of pain. Pain can have serious negative effects on the physiological, psychological, and social well-being of critically ill children, and may even lead to long-term distress, impeding both individual growth and overall health. Reliable pain assessment can help healthcare professionals to better understand the type and extent of pain in children, so that appropriate interventions can be taken to better manage the child's pain and thereby improve the child's health outcomes. However, pediatric nurses face challenges from the child, observational indicators, and the individual themselves during pain assessment in the clinic. Training in pain assessment can effectively improve nurses' knowledge, skills and attitudes, enabling them to better cope with the difficulties associated with pain assessment, thereby improving the quality of pain management and providing optimal pain care for children. Traditional training has many drawbacks, and there are various difficulties in pain assessment training for critically ill children, which brings various challenges to pain assessment training for pediatric ICU nurses. Visualization training, being intuitive, interactive, and personalized, offers unique advantages over traditional training methods. The union of deliberate practice with visualization training can further enhance the training effect, and help pediatric ICU nurses' pain assessment ability to be comprehensively improved through purposeful practice, timely feedback, and repeated training and challenges, so that they can more accurately identify and assess children's pain. Therefore, a visualization training platform based on a multimodal standardized dataset for pain assessment in critically ill children will be constructed for pain assessment training to promote better improvement of pain assessment ability of pediatric ICU nurses, so that pain in critically ill children can be better managed.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-05-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-05-22
• Study First Posted: 2024-05-29
• Study Start: 2024-07-02
• Primary Completion: 2024-09-30
• Study Completion: 2024-09-30
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-07
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

1. Obtain a Nurse Practitioner's Certificate;
2. Nurses working in critical care;
3. Voluntarily participate in this study.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Nurses in the neonatal unit (due to the specificity of pain assessment in neonates);
2. Not on duty during the survey period due to further training, rotations, sick leave, maternity leave, etc.;
3. Nurses who travel to our hospital for further training, rotations, or clinical placements during the survey period;
4. Those who fail to complete the full intervention or withdrew from the study midway.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Conventional intervention group	Conventional intervention	On-site course training in pain assessment
Platform intervention group	Platform intervention	Pain assessment training using the visualization training platform based on a multimodal standardized dataset for pain assessment in critically ill children

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge level of pain assessment	baseline, 1st month since baseline	Use the Pediatric ICU Nurses' Pain Assessment Knowledge Test，which is measured on a scale from 0 to 100 points. The higher the total score, the higher the level of knowledge.
Skill level of pain assessment	baseline, 1st month since baseline	The pediatric pain assessment cases developed by the research team will be utilized for evaluation. The correct percentage range is from 0% to 100%, with higher percentages indicating a higher skill level in pain assessment.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Children's Hospital of Fudan University; 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China