NCT04046692

School Activity for the Reduction of Distress, Pain and Negative Emotions in Children Experiencing Hospital School

Cross - Observational Study About Hospital School Experience for the Reduction of Distress, Pain and Negative Experience and for the Promotion of School Experience's Continuity. the Point of View of Teachers, Children and Parents

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 180 (actual)
• Sponsor: Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Aim of present study is to evaluate the efficacy of hospital school experience in the reduction of distress, pain and negative emotion in children from 8 to 12 years old, hospitalized in oncology and pediatric wards. Investigators also want to explore the ideas and opinions of teachers and parents about hospital school service. Hypothesis: the investigators expect a reduction in pain, distress and negative emotions.

Detailed description

The school service into the hospital was born as an attempt to support emotionally, relationally and cognitively the hospitalized children, who have to spend a lot of time alone, without being educated by teachers with their classmates. There are not many studies in the Italian contest about this issue and with the present study the investigators intended to implement the acknowledgement about this theme. The principal aim of this study is to explore if the school service reduces negative emotions experienced by oncological children as well as perceived pain and distress. To evaluate this aims, the investigators organized the study in 3 sections: the first is about the emotions experienced by oncological children between 8 and 12 years old, who benefit from the school service into the hospital; the second is about their parents' opinions and believes about the hospital school service; the third is about opinions, training and educational method dedicated by hospital school teachers and not hospital school teachers (who previously thought to our oncology children sample).

Conditions

• Hospital School Experience

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Hospital School Experience, point of view of the children	Operators of the PANAS-C, PH-C and VAS ask the children to answer the questionnaire before/after the school lesson; then they ask the children to make 2 paintings about hospital and not hospital school experience.
OTHER	Hospital School Experience, point of view of the hospital teachers	operators interview hospital teachers and make them complete a questionnaire (CEESQ)
OTHER	Hospital School Experience, point of view of the non hospital teachers	operators interview the teachers and make them complete a questionnaire (CEESQ)
OTHER	Hospital School Experience, point of view of parents	Operators interview parents

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-03-15
• Primary completion: 2020-01-15
• Completion: 2020-03-15
• First posted: 2019-08-06
• Last updated: 2025-02-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy