The Effects of Listening to Fairy Tales, Listening to Fairy Tales in Their Mothers' Voices, and Watching Cartoons on Pain, Comfort Levels, and Physiological Parameters During Tracheostomy Care in a Palliative Care Clinic

NCT ID: NCT07210346

Last Updated: 2025-10-07

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

17 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-11-01

Study Completion Date

2026-01-01

Brief Summary

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This study aimed to determine the effects of listening to fairy tales, listening to fairy tales from the mother's voice, and watching cartoons on pain, comfort, and physiological parameters during tracheostomy care of children receiving palliative care.

Detailed Description

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Seventeen volunteer children between the ages of 1 and 7 receiving palliative care will be randomly assigned to three groups: a storytelling group, a mother's voice storytelling group, and a cartoon group. Each intervention will be administered once a day for one week. There will be a one-week washout period between interventions, during which time the children will receive routine nursing care. No intervention other than the storytelling or cartoon intervention will be administered to all three groups. Children will be assessed before, during, and after the procedure. PAIN RELATED TO THE TRACEOSTOMY PROCEDURE will be assessed using the FLACC Pain Scale, and comfort will be assessed using the Child Comfort Scale. Additionally, the children's heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, tidal volume, and temperature will be measured using a bedside monitor.

Conditions

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Tracheostomy Care

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Control Group

Routine tracheostomy care will be applied to the control group. No action will be taken.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Experimental Group

During the tracheostomy care process, the experimental group will listen to fairy tales and watch cartoons.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

fairy tales

Intervention Type OTHER

The children's stories will be selected by child psychologists. The stories will be read by a story therapist and recorded on a voice recorder. The story playback will begin five minutes before the request begins and continue throughout the request process. The stories will be played for five days. Afterward, there will be a one-week detoxification period before moving on to the next intervention.

mother's voice

Intervention Type OTHER

Children's stories will be selected by child psychologists. The stories will be read by the children's mothers and recorded on a voice recorder. Story repetition will begin five minutes before the request begins and continue throughout the request period. The stories will be listened to for five days. Following this, there will be a one-week detoxification period before moving on to the next intervention.

Cartoons

Intervention Type OTHER

The cartoons children will watch will be selected by child psychologists. Children will be shown cartoons on tablets. Watching will begin five minutes before the request period and continue throughout the request period. Children will be shown cartoons for five days.

Interventions

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fairy tales

The children's stories will be selected by child psychologists. The stories will be read by a story therapist and recorded on a voice recorder. The story playback will begin five minutes before the request begins and continue throughout the request process. The stories will be played for five days. Afterward, there will be a one-week detoxification period before moving on to the next intervention.

Intervention Type OTHER

mother's voice

Children's stories will be selected by child psychologists. The stories will be read by the children's mothers and recorded on a voice recorder. Story repetition will begin five minutes before the request begins and continue throughout the request period. The stories will be listened to for five days. Following this, there will be a one-week detoxification period before moving on to the next intervention.

Intervention Type OTHER

Cartoons

The cartoons children will watch will be selected by child psychologists. Children will be shown cartoons on tablets. Watching will begin five minutes before the request period and continue throughout the request period. Children will be shown cartoons for five days.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Being in the 1-7 year old age group,
* Being inpatient in a pediatric palliative care unit,
* Having no visual or hearing abnormalities,
* Having a tracheostomy.

Exclusion Criteria

* The family's desire to withdraw from the study,
* The child's health condition deteriorates.
Minimum Eligible Age

1 Year

Maximum Eligible Age

7 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ataturk University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Fatma Güdücü Tüfekci

Prof. Dr.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Fatma GÜDÜCÜ TÜFEKCİ, 1

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Ataturk University

Locations

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Erzurum City Hospital

Erzurum, Center, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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Fatma GÜDÜCÜ TÜFEKCİ, 1

Role: CONTACT

+90 505 215 76 72

Fatma GÜDÜCÜ TÜFEKCİ, 2

Role: CONTACT

+90 505 215 76 72

Facility Contacts

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Aysun ÖNCER

Role: primary

+90 544 839 84 16

References

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Sarialioglu A, Kurudirek F, Oluc T. The effect of storybook reading on children's preoperative fear and anxiety levels: A randomized controlled study. Child Care Health Dev. 2023 Sep;49(5):906-913. doi: 10.1111/cch.13100. Epub 2023 Feb 8.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 36735635 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36735635/

Randomized Controlled Trial

Other Identifiers

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Pediatric Nursing

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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