Asthma, Pneumonia
Conditions
Brief summary
Medical clowns are known to assist in relaxing children and allowing better cooperation during performance of medical procedures. The ability of medical clowns to improve the motivation of children to perform active tasks was never examined to date. The investigators would like to examine the influence of the clowns' presence on the performance of pulmonary function test.
Detailed description
The investigators would like to evaluate the performance of pulmonary function tests among preschool children aged 3-6 years. Overall 200 children will participate. The children will perform pulmonary function test without a clown present. About an hour later half of them will perform the exam again with a medical clown assistance and the second half will repeat the examination without a clown present the differences between the performance will be evaluated.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALmedical clown
a medical clown will assist the child during the performance of pulmonary function test
Sponsors
Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
3 Years to 6 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* children visiting the pediatric pulmonology clinic * parents signed informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* medical or neurological diseases not allowing performance of pulmonary function tests * parents refusal
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| length of experium (seconds) | through study completion; estimate 1 year | length of experium (seconds) |
| FEV1 (%predicted) | through study completion; estimate 1 year | forced experiom volume within 1 second (% predicted) |
Contacts
Primary ContactIris Dhan, sc
Outcome results
None listed