Atraumatic Care Practice From the Child and Parent Perspective

NCT06172972 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Atraumatic Care
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 219
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

It is important for pediatric nurses to apply atraumatic care while providing care to children and their families. Pediatric nurses should use methods appropriate for the child's age and developmental period within the scope of atraumatic care.

Conditions

Nurse's Role

Keywords

child; fear; pain; phlebotomy; distraction methods; atraumatic care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Children's Fear Scale

  Children's Fear Scale was to measure fear in children who would undergo painful medical procedures

  baseline, pre-intervention and immediately after the intervention

• Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale

  This scale is used for 3-18 age group children to describe their pain.

  immediately after the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Assessment of Parental Satisfaction-Visual Analog Scale

  immediately after the intervention

Study Arms (2)

Atraumatic nursing care group

EXPERIMENTAL

Before the phlebotomy, children in the intervention group were allowed to choose a distracting method (foam balloons, stress balls, musical books) to be occupied with during the procedure. It was ensured that the parent was staying with the child and that the child played with this material during the procedure (making a foam balloon, squeezing the ball with the hand in which the procedure was not carried out and reading the book with the parent

Behavioral: Atraumatic nursing care

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The parents of the children in the control group were ensured to stay with their children during the procedure, and the child's attention was distracted by the nurse asking questions about the child's name, age, and what grade the child was in. This is one of the methods frequently used in Turkiye.

Interventions

Atraumatic nursing care BEHAVIORAL

Children in the intervention group were allowed to choose a distracting method (foam balloons, stress balls, musical books) to be occupied with during the procedure

Atraumatic nursing care group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 10 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• being able to speak Turkish
• being between 5-10 years of age
• having no visual, intellectual or neurological disabilities
• having the phlebotomy procedure carried out with a single attempt
• not having a disease that causes chronic pain
• being accompanied by either mother or father during the procedure
• not taking painkillers or sedating drugs before the phlebotomy procedure

You may not qualify if:

• being younger than 5 years or older than 10 years
• having visual, audio, or speech impairments
• having a disease that causes chronic pain
• with a history of sedative and analgesic use within 24 h prior to admission
• filling out the data collection forms incompletely

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ondokuz Mayıs University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hatice Uzşen

Samsun, Atakum, 55100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Esra Tural Büyük, PhD

  Ondokuz Mayıs University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Randomized controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 27, 2023
• First Posted: December 15, 2023
• Study Start: March 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2023
• Study Completion: June 30, 2023
• Last Updated: December 15, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)