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Performance of EEG in Children With Medical Clowns

NCT05257096 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2022-02-25

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Summary

EEG is an important test in the diagnosis epilepsy. The test does not hart, however many electrodes are attached to the child's scalp and situation is stressful. In order to achieve cooperation some use sedative drugs such as Chloralhydrate in young children. The investigetors believe that the integration of medical clowns in the EEG test can distract the children from the stressful environment and encourage them to cooperate. This can prevent the need of using sedation, can improve the quality of the test and improve the child's and parent's experience. One hundred children ages 1-10 years of age performing EEG test at the Bnai Zion medical center will be randomly divided into two groups. One group will the perform the test in the regular practice, and in the other half, medical clowns will be part of the test. The process will be rated by the child, his parents, the EEG technician and the physician reading the EEG. The two groups will be compared in all assessed measures through a statistical analysis.

Conditions

  • EEG With Periodic Abnormalities
  • Child, Only

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Medical clown

The medical clown will meet the children in the waiting room for 15-30 minutes and will accompany them through the whole investigation, up to one hour.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bnai Zion Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Jacob genizi, md · Bnai Zion Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-05-01
Primary Completion
2022-04-30
Completion
2022-04-30

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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