Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02168998
Cortisol Measurement During Intravenous Access With a Medical Clown
Level of Cortisol in Stress Response During Intravenous Access in the Pediatric Emergency Department With a Medical Clown: a Randomized Prospective Pilot Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 55 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · Other Government
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 1 Year – 10 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the presence of a medical clown in a pediatric emergency department procedure room would reduce children's anxiety. The investigators hypothesize that this positive influence will be expressed as lower levels of the stress hormone (Cortisol) in the blood.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Clown | Comparison of routine venipuncture with a distraction technique by a medical clown |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2014-08-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-04-01
- Completion
- 2016-04-01
- First posted
- 2014-06-20
- Last updated
- 2018-07-26
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Israel
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02168998. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.