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Examining Bluetooth Haptic Device Use for Pain and Anxiety Reduction in Vascular Access Procedures

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Anxiety
Pain
Registration Number
NCT06234228
Lead Sponsor
Stanford University
Brief Summary

This pragmatic, randomized study seeks to evaluate the applications of a novel vibrating device for reducing pediatric anxiety and distress during vascular access procedures.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria
  • Between age 7-25
  • Will undergo a vascular access procedure
  • English speaking participant and parent or LAR
Exclusion Criteria
  • Legal guardian not present to obtain consent
  • child with a significant neurological condition, or major developmental disability
  • child with active infection of the hand or arm
  • Major surgery within the last 48 hours

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Numerical Rating Pain Scale (NRPS) for patients aged 12-17during vascular access procedure

NRPS is a 11-point (0-10) Numeric Rating Pain Scale (NRPS), where 0 = no pain and 10 = worst possible pain.

Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R) for patients aged 4-11during vascular access procedure

Detailed qualitative review of cognitive interview probes with question-by-question analysis of transcribed cognitive interviews to assess for basic comprehension and appropriate use of the FPS-R.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Self formulated procedural satisfaction surveyafter vascular access procedure

The survey contains 10 items and utilizes a 5-point Likert agreement scale with a score of 1 meaning "completely disagree" and 5 meaning "completely agree."

External observation for pain and anxiety using HRAD scaleduring vascular access procedure

HRAD contains 5-item scale assessing participant's affective state; happy, relaxed, anxious, distressed, with a yes/no answer to cooperation.

External observation for pain and anxiety using OBSD-r scaleduring vascular access procedure

OBSD-r contains 8-item scale assessing participant's affective state; Information Seeking, Crying, Screaming, Restraint, Verbal Resistance, Emotional Support, Verbal Pain and Flail.

modified induction compliance checklist (mICC)during vascular access procedure

The mICC score will be recorded by the trained research observers during the vascular access procedure. Perfect compliance (score of 0) was compared to those that lacked cooperation. mICC will be rated at the time of intervention and only requires one RA.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford

🇺🇸

Palo Alto, California, United States

Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford
🇺🇸Palo Alto, California, United States
Thomas Caruso, MD, PhD
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