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Procedural Pain in Children: Intervention With the Hospital Clown

NCT03366623 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 111

Last updated 2017-12-08

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Summary

This study evaluates the effect of an intervention with a hospital clown compared to standard care on pain experience for acute hospitalized children receiving venipuncture. Half of the children will receive an intervention with the hospital clown while the other half will receive standard care.

Conditions

  • Pain, Acute
  • Venous Puncture
  • Children, Adult

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Hospital clown

Presence of the hospital clown

BEHAVIORAL

No hospital clown intervention

Presence of pediatric nurses and biomedical laboratory technologists in the venipuncture procedure.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aalborg University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Aalborg University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Helle N Kristensen · Aalborg University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-04-18
Primary Completion
2017-01-18
Completion
2017-01-18

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