Echocardiography, Pediatrics
Conditions
Brief summary
The objective of this study is analyze the influence of TV entertainment in children less than 3 years of age during echocardiography in order to achieve a complete and accurate test. This is an experimental study in children with suspected congenital or acquired cardiac disease. An examination room was prepared with a TV on the ceiling that was positioned in a way that would provide unobstructed viewing for children during the echocardiography procedure.
Interventions
PROCEDUREechocardiography
TV was connected to display the cartoon video during the echocardiography: the episode number 125 of 'Dora the Explorer': 'Baby Winky Goes Home!' was reproduced during the echocardiography.
BEHAVIORALWatching Animated cartoons
Sponsors
Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Months to 43 Months
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Pediatric patients who were referred to pediatric cardiology consultation. * Patients younger than 3.5 years. * Signed informed consent by parents.
Exclusion criteria
* No signed informed consent by parents.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Echocardiography time | procedure | Time used to perform the Echocardiography |
| Quality of technique | procedure | The quality of echocardiography (1 poor, 2 medium, 3 high) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Parents opinion | procedure | Parents completed a questionnaire about the use of TV during the test |
| Parents stress | procedure | The parent's opinion about the sensation of stress by using a scale from 0 (no stress) to 10 (so much stress |
| Blood pressure | procedure | blood pressure of child |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed