Intelligent Customer-driven Solution for Children and Their Parents Undergoing Day Surgery

NCT ID: NCT04277299

Last Updated: 2022-02-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-08-12

Study Completion Date

2022-02-03

Brief Summary

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This research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of web-based mobile intervention (Icory -Solution) developed to pediatric patients and their parents in the pathway of outpatient surgery treatment in pre-intra- and postoperative setting: (1) Examine the effectiveness of the intervention on children's preoperative anxiety and fear, and postoperative pain (2) examine the effectiveness of the intervention on parental anxiety and satisfaction in children´s care path and (3) examine the experiences of the gamification in children in the intervention group.

Detailed Description

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Children and their families are entitled to know what is going to happen to them before undergoing day surgery and information must be based on the child's age and understanding. It is important to help children to cope with any upcoming surgery because the more anxious and fear they are, the more pain they experience after the day surgery. Digital gaming solutions could help families and children to be better oriented to the coming treatment. Icory -solution is a digital pathway for children and family and it contains a virtual tour to hospital and distraction games for children. The information on the application is aligned with the patient's individual needs based on the type of surgery and requirements.

Conditions

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Tonsillitis Herniorrhaphies Surgery Children Parents

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Intervention group

The participants in the intervention group will receive the routine care plus the ICory-Solution which is the surgical pathway currently practiced in the study hospital. The ICory-Solution has two components: (1) the Buddy Healthcare mobile app (BuddyCare) that provides a comprehensive day-by-day perioperative guide for parents regarding their child's surgery with an interface for health care professionals to monitor parents' and their children's needs as well as communicate with them. (2) The Triumf Health mobile game app that provides emotional support and distraction to children.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

IcorySolution

Intervention Type DEVICE

The ICory-solution programme is designed to be a self-guided and healthcare professional-led. Participants will have access to BuddyCare for parents and Triumf Health from time of recruitment till 2 weeks after surgery. The healthcare professional have received face-to-face training on how to use the BuddyCare dashboard and BuddyCare has been in the hospital in earlier studies.The Buddy Healthcare mobile app (BuddyCare) that provides a comprehensive day-by-day perioperative guide for parents regarding their child's surgery with an interface for health care professionals to monitor parents' and their children's needs as well as communicate with them. (2) The Triumf Health mobile game app that provides emotional support, games and distraction to children and a virtual tour to the hospital before children´s operation.

Control group

Children in the control group will receive routine care provided by the hospital which consists of normal doctor consultant, preoperative preparation, and postoperative care. Parents in this group will receive BuddyCare mobile app which is supposed to be as a normal routine in this hospital.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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IcorySolution

The ICory-solution programme is designed to be a self-guided and healthcare professional-led. Participants will have access to BuddyCare for parents and Triumf Health from time of recruitment till 2 weeks after surgery. The healthcare professional have received face-to-face training on how to use the BuddyCare dashboard and BuddyCare has been in the hospital in earlier studies.The Buddy Healthcare mobile app (BuddyCare) that provides a comprehensive day-by-day perioperative guide for parents regarding their child's surgery with an interface for health care professionals to monitor parents' and their children's needs as well as communicate with them. (2) The Triumf Health mobile game app that provides emotional support, games and distraction to children and a virtual tour to the hospital before children´s operation.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 7-12 years old
* Is scheduled for an elective day surgery
* Is able to speak, and read in Finnish
* Is accompanied by their parents (either mother or father or both) during the perioperative period
* Has access to smart phone/tablet (own or rent from the project)

Exclusion Criteria

* Cognitive and learning disabilities identified from the medical record
* A chronic illness and/or pain that required special medical care
Minimum Eligible Age

7 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Tampere University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Buddy Healthcare Ltd

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Oulu

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Pekka Lahdenne

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

New Children´s Hospital

Locations

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New Children´s Hospital

Helsinki, , Finland

Site Status

Countries

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Finland

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Other Identifiers

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HUS180/2020

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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