Effect of Superhero Clothing and Figure on Hospital Adjustment in Children During Hospitalization

NCT06763263 | Active Not Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: NEUTEZYL2024
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 62
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Healthcare professionals and administrators who serve children are aware of the role of play in children's lives and with this awareness, they design playrooms and areas for children in hospitals. Nurses who consider play as an important atraumatic care approach that supports the child's development, reduces stress and anxiety, and thus contributes to the improvement of hospital compliance have conducted some studies on this subject. Sarman (2022) found in his study that animal-assisted treatment with aquarium fish in the hospital for children aged 8-10 was effective in reducing children's fear and anxiety, strengthening positive emotions, ensuring that the hospital environment was accepted as safe, reducing the feeling of loneliness and facilitating adaptation to the hospital. In another study, play and art therapy was applied to hospitalized children between the ages of 2 and 4, and it was determined that play therapy was more effective in reducing children's anxiety than art therapy and the control group. In their study evaluating the effect of the "hospital friend, Yarencik" initiative on the hospital adaptation of children aged 1-3, Özcan and Güdücü Tüfekci (2022) found that the hospital adaptation of the intervention group after the application was significantly higher than the control group. Although the above studies show that studies using developmentally appropriate and attractive methods to increase the compliance of young children to hospitalization are effective, the number of methods and studies tested is limited. Finding the best method to increase the compliance of young children to hospital and providing evidence that will form the basis for the development and updating of guides or guides is an important requirement.

Conditions

Hospitalization in Children

Keywords

Hospitalization in children; Child; Nursing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Sociodemographic Questionnaire

  This form was prepared by researchers in line with the literature in order to determine the sociodemographic characteristics of the children and to learn their thoughts about the hospital It consists of 14 questions that include the sociodemographic characteristics of the child and the family and information about the hospital.

  During the children's first hospitalization, the researcher will fill out Sociodemographic Questionnaire ( Approximately 10 minute).

• Children's Hospital Adaptation Evaluation Scale (CHILD-HÜDO)

  The scale, developed in Turkey to evaluate the hospitalization of mothers' 1-3 year old children, is a 5-point Likert-type scale (1-Continuous, 2- Frequently, 3- Occasionally, 4- Very little, 5- Never). It was prepared for children aged 1-3 who are hospitalized. The Scale for Evaluating Children's Hospital Adaptation consists of 22 items and a single dimension. The scale was developed by Özcan and Güdücü Tüfekci by 2022. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 22, and the highest score is 110. As the score obtained from the scale increases, the children's adaptation to the hospital increases. There is no reverse-scored item in the scale. Cronbach's alpha was determined as 0.818 for the entire scale.

  It will be filled out by the researcher and parent before and after the procedure (Approximately 10 minute).

Study Arms (2)

Experimental: Superhero Clothing and Figure Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Superhero Clothing and Figure Group

Behavioral: Experimental

Active:Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Control

Behavioral: Control

Interventions

Experimental BEHAVIORAL

Children and their parents in this group will be informed about the research and their verbal and written consent will be obtained. A questionnaire will be filled out before the application. Then, the child will be allowed to choose one of the superhero clothes he/she wants in his/her room and will be allowed to wear the clothes. The superhero figure will be shown to him/her and he/she will be allowed to play with the clothes and the figure for 2 hours.

Experimental: Superhero Clothing and Figure Group

Control BEHAVIORAL

The children in this group and their parents will be informed about the research and their verbal and written consent will be obtained. A questionnaire will be filled out before the application. The children will be evaluated in terms of their reactions after their hospitalization, they will not be dressed in any clothing and no superhero figures will be used. Then the questionnaire will be filled out again and scoring will be done. In order to prevent ethical bias before discharge, the child will be dressed in a superhero costume and will be allowed to spend time with the clothing and figure.

Active:Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 24 Months - 36 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• The child's age range is between 24-36 months
• On the first day of the child's hospitalization
• The child is hospitalized with an acute problem
• It is the child's first hospitalization
• The child will probably stay in the hospital for at least three days.
• Parent's ability to read and write Turkish
• Parent must be over 18 years of age
• Parent's consent to participate in the research

You may not qualify if:

• The child has a mental health problem
• The child receives daily outpatient treatment at the hospital
• Children hospitalized with their siblings
• The parent has a known psychiatric problem
• Parent has communication problems

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nisa Meriç Turan: lead

Study Sites (1)

Necmettin Erbakan University

Konya, Meram, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Master Student/Nurse

Model Details: The study was planned as a pre-test, post-test parallel group (invertion-control), randomized controlled experimental research type.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 2, 2025
• First Posted: January 8, 2025
• Study Start: December 30, 2024
• Primary Completion: March 30, 2025
• Study Completion: June 30, 2025
• Last Updated: January 17, 2025

Record last verified: 2024-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)