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Effect of Auditory Distractions on Pediatric Postoperative Pain

Professor (Head of the Departmant of Nursing)

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03704961
Enrollment
3
Registered
2018-10-15
Start date
2017-01-31
Completion date
2017-10-31
Last updated
2018-10-19

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Conditions

Pain, Postoperative

Brief summary

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of different auditorial methods of attention distraction on postoperative pain and anxiety in children. Three group pre and post-test randomized clinical trial.The data were collected using the Socio-demographic Data Form for Child and Parent, Visual Analogue Scale, Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children. The investigators found that listening to classical music, Turkish music and audiobook methods played an effective role in decreasing postoperative pain and anxiety state in children in the three groups in the study. As a result, investigators showed that different auditorial attention distraction methods had a decreasing effect on postoperative pain and anxiety in children.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALmusic and audiobook listening

Sponsors

Uludag University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
7 Years to 14 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* patients aged between 7-14 years old, * staying in a single room, * those for whom a surgical procedure for inguinal or abdominal region had been planned, * in the first hour of postoperative period, * free of any problem that prevents expression of the post-operative pain, * free of hearing problems, * having undergone same analgesia protocol; were included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

\-

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Visual Analogue Scaleone hour after the patients were taken to the patient's room after the surgeryVisual Analog Scale (VAS): It is a straight line with a length of 10 cm. On the '0 line', there is no pain and on the '10 line', it is unbearable pain. The child is asked to mark the place indicating the severity of his/her pain.
Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scaleone hour after the patients were taken to the patient's room after the surgeryThis was developed by Donna Lee Wong and Connie Morain Baker. This scale is used to determine the level of pain in children over three years of age. The severity of pain is determined by the child with choosing the face that describes the child's pain level on the scale starting with the smiling face and ending with the crying face.
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Childrenone hour after the patients were taken to the patient's room after the surgeryThis was developed by Spielberger (1973). It is a three-point Likert-type scale. The validity and reliability of the scale were performed by Özusta (1993).The scale consists of two parts as; 'state anxiety scale' and 'trait anxiety scale'. It consists of 40 items in total, 20 items in each part. The STAI-C was adapted from an adult scale and is also known as the How I Feel Questionnaire. ıt comprises separate self-report scales for measuring two distinct anxiety concepts: state anxiety (S-Anxiety) and trait anxiety (T- Anxiety). The 20- item scale asseses a number of symptoms of anxiety such as I get a funny feeling in my stomach and I am checking one of three alternatives that describes him or her best or indicates frequency of occurrence ( 1 = almost never; 2 = sometimes; 3 = often ).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Visual Analogue ScaleImmediately after the listening was overVisual Analog Scale (VAS): It is a straight line with a length of 10 cm. On the '0 line', there is no pain and on the '10 line', it is unbearable pain. The child is asked to mark the place indicating the severity of his/her pain.
Wong-Baker Faces Pain ScaleImmediately after the listening was overThis was developed by Donna Lee Wong and Connie Morain Baker. This scale is used to determine the level of pain in children over three years of age. The severity of pain is determined by the child with choosing the face that describes the child's pain level on the scale starting with the smiling face and ending with the crying face.
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for ChildrenImmediately after the listening was overThis was developed by Spielberger (1973). It is a three-point Likert-type scale. The validity and reliability of the scale were performed by Özusta (1993).The scale consists of two parts as; 'state anxiety scale' and 'trait anxiety scale'. It consists of 40 items in total, 20 items in each part. The STAI-C was adapted from an adult scale and is also known as the How I Feel Questionnaire. ıt comprises separate self-report scales for measuring two distinct anxiety concepts: state anxiety (S-Anxiety) and trait anxiety (T- Anxiety). The 20- item scale asseses a number of symptoms of anxiety such as I get a funny feeling in my stomach and I am checking one of three alternatives that describes him or her best or indicates frequency of occurrence ( 1 = almost never; 2 = sometimes; 3 = often ).

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026