The Effect of Watching Cartoons During Treatment on Children's Anxiety and Fear Levels

Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Watching Cartoons During Treatment on Children's Anxiety and Fear Levels

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04127097
• Other study ID #: 2019/6-2
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 30, 2019
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: October 2020
• Source: Adiyaman University Research Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Objective: The study was carried out in a randomized controlled manner to determine the effect of the watching cartoons on the fear and anxiety levels of children during treatment.

Method: The population of the study consisted of children aged 5-10 years who were brought to a state hospital in a southeastern province for blood collection. A total of 92 children, 43 of whom were in the cartoon group and 49 of which were in the control group, were included in the study. Research findings; Data Form was obtained by using Child Anxiety Scale and Child Fear Scale. The children in the cartoon group were shown the cartoons they wanted during the treatment. Anxiety and fear levels before and during the blood collection were evaluated in the cartoon and control groups. The anxiety level of the children was evaluated according to their own expressions, and the level of fear was evaluated independently according to both the children's own statements and the observers' statements.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 92
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: November 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 5 Years to 10 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• being healthy

• ability to express himself/herself verbally

• having no visual or auditory problems

Exclusion Criteria:

• mental disease

• neurological disease

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders
• Fear
• Nursing Caries

Intervention

Other:
• cartoon group
The children in the groups were distracted by watching cartoon 2 minutes before treatment, until the process was over

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Batman obstetrics and pediatric hospital	Batman

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Adiyaman University Research Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Children Fear Scale	The scale is used to evaluate the anxiety level of 4-10 year-old children. Five images of cartoon faces are used in the scale. Anxiety level is evaluated with numbers between "0" and "4". While "0" point refers to "no anxiety", "4" points refer to "severe anxiety"	1 minute
Primary	Children Anxiety Scale	it is similar to a thermometer with a bulb at the bottom and horizontal lines at upwardly spaced intervals. In the scale for children aged four to ten years, the child is asked to indicate that he / she feels "now için to measure State anxiety. Score can vary from 0 to 10	1 minute