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The Effect of Hand Puppets and Kaleidoscope on Pain and Fear in Preschool Children

NCT06512857 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2024-07-22

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Summary

This study aimed to determine the effects of hand puppets and kaleidoscopes on some emotional parameters in preschool children who underwent skin prick testing at the pediatric allergy and immunology outpatient clinic.The study was conducted with children aged 3-6 years who underwent skin prick testing for allergy testing.In the study, the Introductory Characteristics of Children and Their Families Form, Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale (FACES) and Child Fear Scale (CFS) were used to store data.The data were uploaded to the computer and coded by the researchers, and the data were evaluated in the SPSS package program. Sociodemographic data of the children participating in the study are given as numbers and percentage distributions. The data were analyzed according to normal distribution and appropriate tests were used. The statistical significance level of the research was determined as p\<0.05. In addition, at the end of the study, with a sufficient sample size, working status was tested with post-hoc power analysis.

Conditions

  • Nursing Caries
  • Pain
  • Fear of Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Hand puppet method

Children in the experimental group were shown a hand puppet to distract them during the skin test for allergy.

OTHER

Kaleidoscope method

Children in the other experimental group were look at kaleidoscope to distract them during the skin test for allergy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Firat University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-05-10
Primary Completion
2024-07-05
Completion
2024-07-05

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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Diseases

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