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Atraumatic Care Practice From the Child and Parent Perspective

NCT ID: NCT06172972

Last Updated: 2023-12-15

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

219 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-03-01

Study Completion Date

2023-06-30

Brief Summary

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It is important for pediatric nurses to apply atraumatic care while providing care to children and their families. Pediatric nurses should use methods appropriate for the child's age and developmental period within the scope of atraumatic care.

Detailed Description

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The use of atraumatic care approaches such as supporting the active participation of the family in the care of the child, using therapeutic communication techniques with parents and children during procedures, providing emotional support, reducing pain during painful procedures, using techniques to distract the child's attention during medical procedures, informing parents about the procedures to be performed on their children, and supporting parents and teaching techniques to cope with stress is recommended to be used by the nurses.

Conditions

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Nurse's Role

Keywords

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child fear pain phlebotomy distraction methods atraumatic care

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Randomized controlled trial
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Atraumatic nursing care group

Before the phlebotomy, children in the intervention group were allowed to choose a distracting method (foam balloons, stress balls, musical books) to be occupied with during the procedure. It was ensured that the parent was staying with the child and that the child played with this material during the procedure (making a foam balloon, squeezing the ball with the hand in which the procedure was not carried out and reading the book with the parent

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Atraumatic nursing care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Children in the intervention group were allowed to choose a distracting method (foam balloons, stress balls, musical books) to be occupied with during the procedure

Control group

The parents of the children in the control group were ensured to stay with their children during the procedure, and the child's attention was distracted by the nurse asking questions about the child's name, age, and what grade the child was in. This is one of the methods frequently used in Turkiye.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Atraumatic nursing care

Children in the intervention group were allowed to choose a distracting method (foam balloons, stress balls, musical books) to be occupied with during the procedure

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* being able to speak Turkish
* being between 5-10 years of age
* having no visual, intellectual or neurological disabilities
* having the phlebotomy procedure carried out with a single attempt
* not having a disease that causes chronic pain
* being accompanied by either mother or father during the procedure
* not taking painkillers or sedating drugs before the phlebotomy procedure

Exclusion Criteria

* being younger than 5 years or older than 10 years
* having visual, audio, or speech impairments
* having a disease that causes chronic pain
* with a history of sedative and analgesic use within 24 h prior to admission
* filling out the data collection forms incompletely
Minimum Eligible Age

5 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

10 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ondokuz Mayıs University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Hatice Uzşen

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Esra Tural Büyük, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Ondokuz Mayıs University

Locations

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Hatice Uzşen

Samsun, Atakum, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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Atraumatic Care

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id