The Effect of Distraction Methods on Children Aged 3-6 Years Receiving Inhaler Therapy

ConditionRespiration Disorders

Trial statusNot yet recruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age3-6

SponsorOndokuz Mayıs University

About this trial

The aim of this study is to observe the effect of distraction methods on children aged 3-6 years who apply to the emergency department due to respiratory complaints and receive inhaler medication.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

people who volunteer

Children between 3 and 6 years old

children without mental problems Children presenting to the emergency department with respiratory illnesses

Disqualifiers

children with a mental problem

non-volunteers

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

musical book
Other intervention
The child will indicate that he wants to play with the musical book. The child will play with toys for 5 minutes before treatment. Once the child is ready, inhaler medication will begin and the treatment will last 10 minutes. The treatment is terminated at the end of the 10th minute. The child's playing time with the toy is approximately 15 minutes.
musical piano
Other intervention
The child will indicate that he wants to play with the musical piano. The child will play with toys for 5 minutes before treatment. Once the child is ready, inhaler medication will begin and the treatment will last 10 minutes. The treatment is terminated at the end of the 10th minute. The child's playing time with the toy is approximately 15 minutes.
sham
Other intervention
The child will not play with toys during treatment. Before the treatment, the researcher demonstrates the process on himself with a nebul mask. Treatment begins after the child is ready. The process will take 10 minutes.

Treatment groups

80 Participants

are divided into 3 treatment groups

Group A: musical book groupActive comparator 1 intervention

Group B: musical piano groupActive comparator 1 intervention

Group C: group without toysSham comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

child fear scale

Child Fear Scale:It is used to measure the child's anxiety level. It ranges from neutral expression (0=no anxiety). A scale ranging from 0 to 4, consisting of five drawn facial expressions ranging from a scared face (4=severe anxiety). is the scale

Time frame

5 minutes before the intervention, during the process and just after the intervention was completed. 20 minutes in total.

Emotional Indicators Scale in Children

It was developed by Ho Cheung, William Li and Violeta Lopez in 2005. In the scale, emotional indicators are evaluated according to 5 parameters. These parameters; facial expression, voice, activity, interaction and cooperation level. These five parameters are from 1 to 5. The lowest score in total is "5" and the highest score is "25".

Time frame

5 minutes before the intervention, during the process and just after the intervention was completed. 20 minutes in total.

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Ondokuz Mayıs University

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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