Creating a Positive Hospital Perception in Healthy Children Aged 8-10

NCT06895694 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2024/02-04
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 159
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In this study, the effect of education in creating positive hospital perception for healthy children aged 8-10 years will be examined with a randomized controlled repeated measures design. All children between the ages of 8-10 attending Battalgazi Primary School in Sultanbeyli district of Istanbul province who meet the inclusion criteria (159 children in total) will be included. According to the results of the draw, 71 children will be included in the research group and 88 children will be included in the control group. The children assigned to the research group will be given the training prepared after the first measurement of the Hospital Perception Scale for Healthy Children. For the children in the control group, a second measurement will be made after the first application of the scale without any training. Children in the research and control groups will then be trained together. The content of the training will include introductions, what the hospital is like, what equipment and devices are in the hospital, who works in the hospital and what their duties are, what are the procedures performed in the hospital, how being in the hospital affects the child's life (sleep, play, eating and drinking, family, school, friends). The second measurement of the scale will be applied to the children in the research group after the training. The "Child Identifying Information Form" and "Informed Consent Form", which will be prepared by the researcher and the consultant for the children in the research and control groups to determine the age, gender, educational status, and previous hospital experiences of the child and his/her family, will be sent to the children and their parents one day before the training day and they will be asked to fill it out at home if they consent to participate in the study.

Conditions

Education

Keywords

Perception; Child; Hospital; Hospital Perception; Education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in hospital perception scale scores of the trained group after training

  After the planned 40-minute training, the rate of change in children's perception of the hospital was determined with the "Hospital Perception Scale for Healthy Children". An increase in the scale score indicates an increase in the child's negative perception of the hospital.Consisting of 25 items, the total score range of the scale varies between 0 and 50 points. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is "0" and the highest score is "50".

  Immediately after training

Study Arms (2)

research group

EXPERIMENTAL

After the first application of the scale, the children in the research group will be given "I am learning what kind of a place the hospital is" training using the direct expression method supported by a powerpoint presentation in line with the "Training content plan".

Other: examine the impact of education

control group

NO INTERVENTION

Children in the control group were not trained.

Interventions

examine the impact of education OTHER

Children in the research group were trained to create a positive hospital perception.

research group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 10 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• The child is 8 to 10 years old,
• The child must be competent to read, understand and answer the items on the scale, and
• It is the parent's consent for their child to participate in the research.

You may not qualify if:

• Having a disabled child (mental, hearing, visual, orthopedic, language and speech disability, mental and emotional disease, chronic disease, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder) and
• The child fills in the scale items incompletely or does not want to fill them in.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Maltepe University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Esra ŞAPALOĞLU DÖVENCİ

Istanbul, 34000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

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Study Officials

• Esra ŞAPALOĞLU DÖVENCİ

  Maltepe University School of Nursing İstanbul, Turkey

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: research and control group
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor, PhD

Model Details: research and control group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 5, 2025
• First Posted: March 26, 2025
• Study Start: January 18, 2024
• Primary Completion: March 26, 2024
• Study Completion: March 27, 2024
• Last Updated: March 26, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)