The Effect of Cartoon Watching During Central Venous Catheter Dressing Changes in Children With Cancer

NCT05301374 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: KAEK-610
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Many medical interventions, including dressing change of central venous catheters, can cause anxiety and pain in children with cancer. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of cartoon watching technique on anxiety and pain during central venous catheter dressing changes in children with cancer.

Conditions

Pain; Anxiety

Keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Cartoon; Central Venous Catheter; Child; Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale

  Each child's pain during and after the procedure was evaluated with the "Wong Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale" by the child. The scale consists of faces ranging from no hurt (0) to hurts worst (10)

  4 MONTHS

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Children's Fear Scale

  4 MONTHS

• Heart Rate

  4 MONTHS

• Oxygen Saturation

  4 MONTHS

Study Arms (2)

Cartoon Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Children in the cartoon group before the procedure, they chose one of the cartoons predetermined by the researchers. The children in the cartoon group started watching a cartoon of their choice 2 minutes before the procedure and they kept watching until the procedure was ended. Parent was with their children during the procedure in both groups.

Behavioral: Watching Cartoon

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention was performed to reduce anxiety and pain for children in the control group. Parent was with their children during the procedure in both groups.

Interventions

Watching Cartoon BEHAVIORAL

Children in the cartoon group before the procedure, they chose one of the cartoons predetermined by the researchers. The children in the cartoon group started watching a cartoon of their choice 2 minutes before the procedure and they kept watching until the procedure was ended.

Cartoon Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• years old
• a cancer diagnosis
• having a central venous catheter
• not having taken any analgesics in the 6 hours before the procedure
• not having any visual or auditory problems that prevent watching cartoons
• being suitable motor development and cognitive level for watching cartoons
• being a child and parent volunteering to participate in the study
• the absence of any health problems that prevent communication in the parent and the child

You may not qualify if:

• the reporting of pain for another reason at the time of the central venous catheter dressing changes
• being of neutropenia
• being in a terminal phase of the disease

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mehmet Akif Ersoy University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Pınar BEKAR

Burdur, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain; Anxiety Disorders; Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Emine EFE, Prof.Dr.

  Akdeniz University, Department of Child Health and Disease Nursing

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 20, 2022
• First Posted: March 29, 2022
• Study Start: December 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: February 28, 2022
• Study Completion: February 28, 2022
• Last Updated: August 10, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

Locations

TU (1)