Effect of Using Educational Robots During Vaccination on Fear and Pain in Children

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age48-60
SponsorBalikesir University

About this trial

Pain and fear are very common in children during vaccination. We are planning to conduct a study to help children go through this process more comfortably. The aim is to examine whether the educational robot has an effect on pain and fear during vaccination in 4-year-old children in a randomized controlled manner.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Volunteering to participate in the study

The child must be 4 years old

Must have come to a primary care center in Balıkesir city center

DaBT-İPA vaccination must be administered

Disqualifiers

Not volunteering to participate in the study

The child is not 4 years old

He/she has not come to a family health center in Balıkesir city center

DaBT-İPA vaccination is not applied

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • intervention group

    Other intervention

    Robotic distraction during vaccination process

Treatment groups

74 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: intervention groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: control groupNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Pain status of participants in the experimental group post vaccination

Average pain scale score of participants in the experimental group after vaccination. In the Wong Baker pain scale, the lowest value is expressed as 0 and the highest value is expressed as 5.

Time frame
6 months
2

Pain status of participants in the control group post vaccination

Average pain scale score of participants in the control group after vaccination. In the Wong Baker pain scale, the lowest value is expressed as 0 and the highest value is expressed as 5.

Time frame
6 months

Secondary outcomes

1

Fear status of participants in the experimental group post vaccination

Average children fear scale score of participants in the experimental group after vaccination.In the children's fear scale, the lowest value is expressed as 0 and the highest value is expressed as 4.

Time frame
6 months
2

Children fear status of participants in the control group post vaccination

Average children fear scale score of participants in the control group after vaccination.In the children's fear scale, the lowest value is expressed as 0 and the highest value is expressed as 4.

Time frame
6 months

Other outcomes

Locations

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