NCT04513873

The Effect Of Diverting The Children's Attention To A Different Point During Phlebotomy

The Effect Of Diverting The Children's Attention To A Different Point During Phlebotomy On Pain And Anxiety

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 256 (actual)
• Sponsor: Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aimed to investigate the effect of diverting the children's attention to a different point during phlebotomy which is an invasive procedure with acute pain. This is a randomized controlled experimental study. The study was conducted with two groups: the intervention group (n=127) and the control group (n=129). The control group was applied to standard phlebotomy procedures. In contrast, the intervention group had a piece of equipment that looks like a blood tube in front of them during the phlebotomy process to divert their attention from the phlebotomy process to the equipment.

Detailed description

The equipment used for the intervention group was designed and developed by the researchers with the project support of TÜBİTAK BİDEB 2209A in 2016. It is an equipment that looks like a blood tube with a fixed arm on the right and a moving arm on the left with a total height of 80 cm. It has some answers to common questions of parents as well as the key concerns of the children " Will it hurt me?"

Conditions

• Pain and Anxiety of Children During Phlebotomy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Equipment to divert the focus of children	The equipment was placed in an area where the children would be able to see easily during the blood collection process. It was turned on as soon as the children sat on to the chair where the process would take place to divert the focus of the children at the equipment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-18
• Primary completion: 2019-03-28
• Completion: 2019-03-28
• First posted: 2020-08-14
• Last updated: 2020-08-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)