NCT06583668

The Effect of Therapeutic Story on Pain, Fear and Anxiety Levels

The Effect of Therapeutic Story on Pain, Fear and Anxiety Levels in Children With Burn Dressing

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Okan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of therapeutic story on pain, anxiety, fear and physiological parameters in children undergoing burn dressing. Methods: A randomised controlled trial was conducted between April 2023 and June 2024 with 60 patients who were admitted to the burn unit of a hospital in Istanbul and met the inclusion criteria. Patients in the story group (n=30) were listened to the digitised story during burn dressing, while patients in the control group (n=30) did not receive any intervention other than routine care. Data were collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Form, Child Anxiety Scale-Situation Scale, Child Fear Scale, Wong-Barker Pain Scale, Parental Satisfaction Scale (VAS) and Physiological Parameters Form.

Conditions

• Pain
• Burns
• Fear
• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Therapeutic Story	Listening and watching the therapeutic story in digital media

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-01
• Primary completion: 2024-06-01
• Completion: 2024-07-01
• First posted: 2024-09-04
• Last updated: 2024-09-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)