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The Impact of Preprocedural Animation About Echocardiography Display and Kaleidoscope Display on Anxiety in Children

NCT04334733 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 164

Last updated 2020-04-06

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Summary

Objective: The study was conducted for the purpose of determining the effect of making children aged 5 to 12 years watch a cartoon about echocardiography (ECO) procedure before the procedure and kaleidoscope during the procedure on their anxiety.

Material and Method: It is a randomized controlled study. The study was completed with a total of 164 children who came to have an ECO and met the sample selection criteria. There were four groups in the study which were as follows; the group that was made watch a cartoon about the procedure before the procedure, the group that was made watch a kaleidoscope during the procedure, the group that was made watch a cartoon about the procedure before the procedure and a kaleidoscope during the procedure and the control group in which routine applications of clinic were carried out.

Results: At the end of the study, it was determined that anxiety scores of the cartoon group, cartoon+kaleidoscope group and the kaleidoscope group were lower during the procedure than before the procedure (p\<0,001). In the control group, it was determined that there was no significant difference between the anxiety scores before and during the procedure (p\>0,05).

Conditions

  • Anxiety
  • Child, Only
  • Echocardiography

Interventions

OTHER

Cartoon group

The children in the groups were distracted by watching cartoon 5 minutes before echocardiography process.

OTHER

Kaleidoscope group

The children in the groups were distracted by kaleidoscope during echocardiography, until the process was over.

OTHER

Cartoon+Kaleidoscope group

The children in the groups were distracted by watching cartoon 5 minutes before echocardiography process and then the children in the groups were distracted by kaleidoscope during echocardiography, until the process was over.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Selcuk University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-10-06
Primary Completion
2019-02-01
Completion
2019-12-25

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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