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Pain management interventions for the children to decrease surgical pain

â??The efficacy of Nurse Assisted Distraction Strategies (NADS) on post-operative pain experience: A cluster randomized controlled trial among Pediatric surgery children in a tertiary care hospital, Karnatakaâ??.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2019/05/019174
Enrollment
160
Registered
2019-05-16
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Nurse assisted distraction strategies: Postoperative day 1: Usual standard care+ distraction activity for 30 minutes at 6th hour after surgery Postoperative day 2: Usual standard care+

Sponsors

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children who are: inpatient for three postoperative days in the age group of two to seven years undergoing urogenital surgeries(e.g: Uretic reimplantation, Urethroplasty, Pyeloplasty, Orchidectomy etc.) ï?· Other surgeries ( e.g: appendectomy, herniotomy, ovarian surgeries, pull through procedures, oophorectomy, laparotomy, polypectomy able to understand and speak Kannada or English accompanied by the mother Mother who are: able to understand and speak Kannada or English willing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children who are: undergoing cardiac, head and neck, orthopaedic surgeries. mentally retarded and physically disabled posted for emergency surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
PainTimepoint: On postoperative day 1: 2,6,10, 14 hours after surgery On postoperative day 2: Every 7th hourly Postoperative day 3: Every 7th hourly

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Anxiety of child and mother on day of admission and postoperative day 3 Pain catastrophizing(mother) on postoperative day 1 and 3 Physiological parameters on three postoperative days along with pain assessment Timepoint: Anxiety of child and mother on day of admission and postoperative day 3 Parent satisfaction on day of discharge Pain catastrophizing(mother) on postoperative day 1 and 3 Physiological parameters on postoperative day 1: 2, 6, 10, 14 hours after surgery Postoperative day 2: Every 7th hourly Postoperative day 3: Every 7th hourly

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Sundeep P T

Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal

mamatha.spai@manipal.edu9448623789

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026