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Musical-animated Toys and Audio Books in Pediatric Palliative Care.

The Effect of Musical-Animated Toys and Audio Books on Fear, and Pain in the Tracheostomy Care of Children in the Palliative Care

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06121440
Enrollment
16
Registered
2023-11-08
Start date
2023-11-13
Completion date
2023-12-08
Last updated
2024-07-31

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Conditions

Tracheostomy Infection

Keywords

Palliative care, Children, Audiobook, Musical-moving toy, Pain, Fear, Anxiety

Brief summary

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of audio book and musical-moving toy on fear, anxiety and pain in tracheostomy care of children in palliative clinic.

Detailed description

In children with receiving palliative care will be randomly divided into two groups: audiobook group and musical-moving toy. Interventions will be applied for 2 days, 1 times a day (2 sessions). No intervention will be applied to both groups besides audiobook or musical-moving toy intervention. The children will be assessed before, during and after. Pain, fear and anxiety due to tracheostomy care procedure will be evaluated using the Wong Baker Facial Pain Scale, Child Anxiety Scale-Stateness and Children's Fear Scale . In addition, the heart rate, respiration, blood pressure and SPO2 values of the children will be measured with the help of a bedside monitor.

Interventions

OTHERListening to audiobook

Audiobook by children will be chosen by child psychologists. The books will be played to children via tablet computers. The researcher has a fairy tale therapy certificate. The audiobook listening will start 5 minutes before the tracheostomy care process and will continue throughout the tracheostomy care process. Audiobook will be listen to children only one day.

OTHERPlaying musical-moving toy

Musical-moving toy by children will be chosen by child psychologists. The toy will be played to children by the researcher. Playing musical-moving toy will start 5 minutes before the tracheostomy care process and will continue throughout the tracheostomy care process. The toy will be played to children only one day.

Sponsors

Ataturk University
CollaboratorOTHER
Gamze Akay
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Months to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Between the ages of 6 months and 18 years 2. Receiving inpatient treatment in paediatric palliative care service 3. No visual and hearing abnormalities

Exclusion criteria

1. The family's desire to leave research. 2. Deterioration of the child's condition

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Patient Identification FormbaselineIn this form, there are questions about the child's age, gender, diagnosis of the disease, length of stay, and how long ago she received the current diagnosis.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Wong Baker Facial Pain ScalebaselineWong Baker Facial Pain Scale was developed by Donna Wong and Connie Moran Baker in 1981. The scale is suitable for children aged 3-18 years. On the scale, there are facial expressions that the child can enjoy and like. Therefore, it is reported to give more accurate results. On the scale, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 scores are available. 0 refers to no pain, while 10 points refer to the highest pain level.

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Child anxiety Scale-StatebaselineChild Anxiety Scale-State scale developed by Ersig et al. in 2013 measures the state anxiety of children aged 4-10 years. In 2017, Gerceker et al. carried out Turkish validity study for the scale. CAS-S (State) is designed as a thermometer. At the bottom is the bulb chamber, and upward are horizontal lines. Each horizontal line represents a score, and the thermometer has 10 points. The bulb chamber at the bottom is 0 points and indicates that there is no anxiety. It is interpreted as the rise of anxiety as it rises upwards. The peak is worth 10 points and refers to the highest anxiety.
Child Fear ScalebaselineThis scale was developed by McMurtry et al. in 2011. In 2018, Gerceker et al. carried out a Turkish validity study for the scale. The scale is aimed at children aged 5-10 years. The facial muscle changes in fearful expressions are drawn by a graphic artist based on photos of frightened faces. In this scale, the child is shown a scale containing five facial expressions that are evaluated between 0 and 4 points. While 0 point refers to no fear; 4 points refers to the highest fear.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

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