The Influence of Medical Clowns on the Performance of Pulmonary Function Tests Among Preschooler Children
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Asthma
- Sponsor
- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 200
- Primary Endpoint
- length of experium (seconds)
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Medical clowns are known to assist in relaxing children and allowing better cooperation during performance of medical procedures.
The ability of medical clowns to improve the motivation of children to perform active tasks was never examined to date.
The investigators would like to examine the influence of the clowns' presence on the performance of pulmonary function test.
Detailed Description
The investigators would like to evaluate the performance of pulmonary function tests among preschool children aged 3-6 years. Overall 200 children will participate. The children will perform pulmonary function test without a clown present. About an hour later half of them will perform the exam again with a medical clown assistance and the second half will repeat the examination without a clown present the differences between the performance will be evaluated.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •children visiting the pediatric pulmonology clinic
- •parents signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •medical or neurological diseases not allowing performance of pulmonary function tests
- •parents refusal
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
length of experium (seconds)
Time Frame: through study completion; estimate 1 year
length of experium (seconds)
FEV1 (%predicted)
Time Frame: through study completion; estimate 1 year
forced experiom volume within 1 second (% predicted)