Measuring Patient Experiences in a Children's Hospital With a Medical Clowning Intervention: A Case-Control Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 70
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in emotional status
研究概览
简要总结
A case-control study is conducted in Helsinki Children's hospital. Altogether 70 children aged 4-17 years coming for a minor operative procedure including pre-operative cannula insertion will be included. Part of the patients will be exposed to medical clowning intervention and the reference group will be treated preoperatively as routinely without clowns. Emotions, anxiety levels, pain caused by the cannula insertion of the children will be monitored during the day. A survey on the emotions and expectations of the parents will be done.
详细描述
This study aims to measure experiences of children and their parents during day-surgery in hospital setting.
A case-control study is conducted in Helsinki Children's hospital. Altogether 70 children aged 4-17 years coming for a minor operative procedure including pre-operative cannula insertion will be included. Part of the patients will be exposed to medical clowning intervention and the reference group will be treated preoperatively as routinely without clowns. Emotions, anxiety levels, pain caused by the cannula insertion of the children will be monitored during the day. A survey on the emotions and expectations of the parents will be done.
A novel digital survey tool will be used to measure patient experiences before and after the insertion of a venous cannula needed for anaesthesia.
The research questions are as follows:
How does engagement with a medical clown during pre-operative cannulation impact on children and their parents' patient experience? How feasible is a novel data collection tool for measuring patient experience and the impact of an intervention on the patient experience of families?
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 4 Years 至 17 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •a patient coming for a day surgery (any) procedure in Helsinki Children's Hospital
- •understands the Finnish language,
- •between 4 and 17 years of age and
- •the procedure includes the insertion of a venous cannula.
排除标准
- •does not understand the Finnish language
- •the child is under 4 years old or 18 years or older
- •the procedure does not include the insertion of a cannula but for example mask anaesthesia
结局指标
主要结局
Change in emotional status
时间窗: Baseline and 2 hours
Self reported emotions selected from a list of 11 emotional items. Assessment at baseline and after recovering from anesthesia.
次要结局
- Change in anxiety status(Baseline and 2 hours)
研究者
Pekka Lahdenne
Head of Digital Services
Helsinki University Central Hospital