NCT06415188

The Effect of Therapeutic Play on Pain, Fear, Anxiety and Physiological Parameters and Parents' Satisfaction

The Effect of Therapeutic Play on Pre-Treatment Pain, Fear, Anxiety and Physiological Parameters and Parents' Satisfaction

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Selcuk University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this study, the effect of the therapeutic game applied before treatment on pain, fear, anxiety and physiological parameters and the satisfaction of the parents was investigated.

Detailed description

Therapeutic play is defined as activities structured in accordance with children's age and development, or as a set of interventions to improve the well-being of children in the hospital environment. This method reduces the stress of illness or hospitalization, uses play as a means of self-expression and supports the development of positive coping mechanisms in pediatric patients. In the literature, it is seen that therapeutic play methods such as listening to music, drawing, reading stories, puppets, dolls, virtual reality tools, cartoon applications, watching videos and playing video games are used to reduce the child's pain and anxiety about invasive procedures. Studies conducted to reduce the interactions between children in the same environment during their treatment and care are quite limited. No study has been found to examine the effect of methods that jointly block/reduce vision and hearing during treatment and care on anxiety, fear and pain in children treated together in pediatric clinics.

Conditions

• Child Behavior
• Pain, Acute
• Anxiety and Fear

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Video game with headset	Half an hour before the first treatment in the morning, the screens around the patients' beds were closed by the researcher. The child was asked to choose one of the introduced games and the game he/she chose from the tablet was turned on. Children were asked to wear headphones for sound isolation and the sound was adjusted at the appropriate decibel setting. Half an hour before the treatment, children were allowed to play the video game until the treatment without any different warning. Physiologic Parameter Assessment Form, Child Anxiety and Fear Scale, Child Pain Scale were filled by the researcher 1 minute before and 1 minute after the procedure. Finally, Parental Satisfaction Scale was completed at the end of the intervention.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-15
• Primary completion: 2024-04-15
• Completion: 2024-05-10
• First posted: 2024-05-16
• Last updated: 2024-05-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)