Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03586180
Medical Clowning: Needs Assessment and Implication for Hospitalized Children With Cancer/Blood Disease
Medical Clowning: Needs Assessment, Implication, and Evaluation for Children and Adolescents With Cancer Using Child Friendly Healthcare
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 148 (actual)
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Hospitalized children who undergo painful procedures are more susceptible than others to experiencing iatrogenic effects, such as anxiety, pain, and severe stress. Clowns in clinical setting have been found to be effective in reducing children's experiences of these effects during hospitalization and before procedures. This article provides an overview of clowning in health care settings; reviews major studies conducted on clowning for hospitalized children, discussing evidence that clown interventions decrease pain and distress in pediatric patients; and concludes with a discussion of health care clowning as a profession.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Medical Clowning for children | Clowns in clinical setting have been found to be effective in reducing children's experiences of these effects during hospitalization and before procedures. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-06-07
- Primary completion
- 2020-03-31
- Completion
- 2020-03-31
- First posted
- 2018-07-13
- Last updated
- 2020-08-10
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Taiwan
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03586180. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.