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Improvement of Anxiety Management During a Venous Puncture About Children with a Participatory Entertainment Method

Improvement of Anxiety Management During a Venous Puncture About Children 3 to 6 Years, with a Participatory Entertainment Method

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04200196
Acronym
PEDIPAIN
Enrollment
116
Registered
2019-12-16
Start date
2020-06-25
Completion date
2024-08-05
Last updated
2025-02-24

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

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Keywords

anxiety, children

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate an anxiety decrease about children 3 to 6 years during a venous puncture with the fabrique à histoire.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate an anxiety decrease about children 3 to 6 years during a venous puncture with the fabrique à histoire. the study will compare the fabrique à histoire(Lunii(R)) with the usual care.

Interventions

PROCEDUREfabrique à histoire

Fabrique à histoire is a participatory entertainment method. Children of this arm going to create and listening a story before and during the venous puncture.

PROCEDUREUsual care

It is a passive entertainment method. Children of this arm going to do habitual activities before and during the venous puncture, like to sing, blow up a balloon, to play with recreational thing, etc.

Sponsors

University Hospital, Brest
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

This study is an interventional prospective controlled study with 2 arms: * the fabrique à histoire arm : production and listening a story by the children * the controlled arm: usual care (to sing, blow up a baloon, etc)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
3 Years to 6 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Children 3 to 6 years in pediatric emergency needing to venous puncture * Oral consent by children * Informed and signed consent by tenured of parent authority * To have Anaesthetic patch 45 minutes or more before the venous puncture

Exclusion criteria

* To have Anaesthetic patch less than 45 minutes before the venous puncture because of necessity to blood test or an other emergency * Necessity to analgesic 3 emergency * Necessity to MEOPA * Minor parents * Assessment of anxiety is not possible because of comorbidity * Anterior participation to these study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS)During venipuncture, an average of 1,5 hoursEvolution of mYPAS (validated anxiety scale with a scale 23,3 (no anxiety) to 100 (max of anxiety) between T0 (before venipuncture) and T1 (venipuncture). mYPAS is quoted by an extern observator

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
FLACC Scalethrough study completion, an average of 2 hoursEvolution assessment of pain caused by the venous puncture for children assess by caregivers and measured with FLACC Scale (Face Legs Activity Cry Consolability / 0=no pain and 10=max pain) between T0 and T2 (after venipuncture)
Parent anxiety assessmentthrough study completion, an average of 2 hoursAssessment of anxiety caused by the venous puncture for children assess by parents at T2 with an Analogue and Visual Scale (AVS) 10 levels (0=No anxiety 10=max anxiety)
Parent pain assessmentthrough study completion, an average of 2 hoursAssessment of pain caused by the venous puncture for children assess by parents at T2 with an AVS 10 level (0=No pain 10=max pain)
Number of venous puncture before successthrough study completion, an average of 2 hoursNumber of venous puncture tentative(s) before success
Children face scalethrough study completion, an average of 2 hoursEvolution of Self-assessment of pain with the face scale caused by the venous puncture for children 4 to 6 years between T0 and T2 (after venipuncture)
Time before venous puncture successthrough study completion, an average of 2 hoursMeasure of time spent performing the act before its success
Caregivers feedbackthrough study completion, an average of 2 hoursAssessment of caregivers feedback from the gesture with an AVS 0 (worst feeling) to 10 (best feeling)
Parents feedbackthrough study completion, an average of 2 hoursAssessment of parents feedback from the gesture with an AVS 0 (worst feeling) to 10 (best feeling)
Venous puncture successthrough study completion, an average of 2 hoursSuccess or not (Yes/No) of the venous puncture

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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