The Effect of Distraction With a Kaleidoscope on the Level of Perceived Pain During Blood Sampling in Children

Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Distraction With a Kaleidoscope on the Level of Perceived Pain During Blood Sampling in Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06352021
• Other study ID #: KAHRIMAN Ilknur
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 30, 2019
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Karadeniz Technical University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This experimental study aimed to determine the effect of distracting children with a kaleidoscope during blood sampling on their perception of pain during the procedure and to increase and improve the quality of evidence for the effectiveness of these methods across different populations and cultures.

Hypothesis 0 (H0): There is no difference between the pain scores of the kaleidoscope group and the control group during blood sampling.

Hypothesis 1 (H1): There is a difference between the pain scores of the kaleidoscope group and the control group during blood sampling.

Description:

A pain-free life is the right of every child. Eliminating pain and improving the quality of life of children is one of the main goals of nursing care. Pediatric nurses should choose the appropriate assessment tool for the child's age and developmental characteristics and diagnose pain correctly. For this purpose, nurses can use appropriate distraction methods. Since the nurse is the healthcare worker who is with the child and family the most throughout the day, s/he should closely monitor and evaluate the child's pain and inform the child and family about the principles of pain control. Many hospitals in Türkiye generally do not use any non-pharmacologic methods to reduce procedural pain. Given that distraction techniques are inexpensive and easy to use, and that reducing children's pain may reduce negative feelings towards future procedures, it is important to examine the effectiveness of such methods. In our study, a kaleidoscope, one of the methods of distraction to reduce pain during blood sampling in children, was used. A kaleidoscope is a game tool that helps distract the child's attention from procedural pain and shows the external image by reproducing it when viewed through it. This experimental study aimed to determine the effect of distracting children with a kaleidoscope during blood sampling on their perception of pain during the procedure and to increase and improve the quality of evidence for the effectiveness of these methods across different populations and cultures.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 7 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• were being 7-12 years of age

• not having an auditory or visual disability

• not taking analgesics in the last eight hours

• not having any pain caused by other reasons before the procedure

• having vascular access and blood sampling interventions

Exclusion Criteria:

• having physical or mental disability

• having any nerve damage

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain

Intervention

Device:
• kaleidoscope
The children in the kaleidoscope group were shown the kaleidoscope by the researcher five minutes before the blood sampling, and they were encouraged to look at the kaleidoscope during the procedure and describe the patterns they saw. All children in the Kaleidoscope group agreed to participate in the study. All children in the kaleidoscope group were asked to look at the kaleidoscope just before the tourniquet was placed on their arms before the blood sampling procedure and to describe the patterns, they saw in it by turning it slowly during the procedure.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Karadeniz Technical University Health Application and Research Center Farabi Hospital	Trabzon

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ilknur KAHRIMAN

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The Wong-Baker Pain Scale	The scale was developed by Wong and Baker (1981) to assess pain between the ages of 3-18 years. It has been reported in the literature that it accurately measures children's pain. The scale has numerical values according to each facial expression. The lowest and the highest values are 0 and 5. As the score on the scale increases, sensitivity to pain decreases, and as the score decreases, sensitivity increases.	5 minutes