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The Effects of Medical Clowns in Children Undergoing Blood Tests

NCT01396876 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2014-06-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators hypothesized that the participation of therapeutic clowns in the pediatric emergency department procedure room would reduce anxiety, improve the level of cooperation children can provide and avoid some of the adverse effects.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

clown

a distraction technique is performed by a clown during venipuncture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Ayelet Rimon, MD · Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-07-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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Diseases

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