A Clown Accompanying Children During Blood Collection

Summary

Children may be exposed to acute and chronic illnesses during their development and may experience negative emotions and They may be exposed to experiences. For the purpose of diagnosis and treatment in a child admitted to hospital due to illness blood sampling causes pain and anxiety. To reduce pain and anxiety pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic methods are preferred in children. Nonpharmacologic methods supportive, cognitive and physical, although they are more preferred than pharmacological methods in order to classify them as such. Various methods are used within the scope of these classifications, among which The method of distraction is more preferred. This study is based on distraction the effect of the clown, which is one of the methods, on pain and anxiety during blood sampling. to determine the impact of the project. It is planned to be conducted as a randomized controlled study and in this study, 5-12 years old with children between the ages of 18 and 18, and the Pediatric Outpatient Clinic at Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine. It was planned to be conducted in the blood collection unit. Minimum number of children to be included in the study The intervention group was planned as 28 and the control group as 28, but due to the possibility of data loss, 15 To collect more data, the number of children to be recruited for both groups is targeted to be 32-33. Children will be randomly assigned to the groups and the assignment to the groups will be based on 'stratification and blocked randomization methods' were planned to be used. Sociodemographic characteristics in data collection form, Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale (WBFPS), Child Anxiety Scale-Dispositional (CAS-D) scales were planned to be used. Obtaining necessary institutional permissions by the researcher and project advisor It is planned to start the project after it is ensured. Research data were collected through face-to-face interviews with the 'Informed Consent Form'. Family 'Informed Voluntary Consent Form' about the research will be informed. In the intervention group, the blood collection process will be carried out with foamy bubbles accompanied by a clown. by playing with the parents. No treatment was applied to the control group and the parents blood sampling will be performed in the presence of the child. Both groups will be administered the WBFPS and CAS-D scales, will be administered by both the researcher and the parent. The research results to be obtained will be published in international SSCI and/or SCI publishing them as scientific articles in journals, organizing national and international conferences, symposiums and contributing to the literature as a result of being presented in seminars, raising awareness in this field, creating a It is aimed to shed light on future research.

Conditions

• Child
• Therapeutic Play

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Experiment (Clown)

Children included in the intervention group will be accompanied by a clown at the door from the moment they enter the intervention room and The child will be made to sit on the blood collection chair by playing games with them. Meanwhile, the nurse will take blood from the child. lasts for about 2-3 minutes. During this process, the clown is constantly playing games and foam will continue to distract you by blowing up balloons. The child's pain and anxiety score during the procedure the researcher will be evaluated by both the parent and the child. After the procedure is finished, the children will be will be taken out of the room and taken to the waiting area in the next room. Afterwards, the children will be asked how much pain and anxiety they felt during the blood collection procedure. After being allowed to rest for 1-2 minutes a questionnaire form will be applied to the children.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Necmettin Erbakan University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Semra KÖSE, PhD,RN · Necmettin Erbakan University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

TRIPLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

5 Years

Max Age

12 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-12-15

Primary Completion

2024-01-30

Completion

2024-02-25

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations