Plaster of Paris Injury to Skin
Conditions
Keywords
Children, Plaster Intervention, Stress Ball, Anxiety, Fear, Trauma
Brief summary
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of stress ball application on procedure-related anxiety and fear during plaster cast procedure in children aged 6-12 years.
Detailed description
Children aged 6-12 years will be randomly divided into two groups: stress ball and control group. Interventions will be applied 1 time per day (2 sessions) for 2 days. Children in the experimental group will be given a stress ball during the plaster procedure and will be asked to squeeze it during the procedure. Children will be assessed before, during and after the intervention. Fear and anxiety related to the cast procedure will be assessed using the Children's Fear Scale, and the Children's Anxiety Scale - Statefulness Scale. In addition, children's heart rate, respiration, blood pressure and SPO2 will be measured.
Interventions
OTHERSqueeze the stress ball.
The child and parents will be taken to the procedure room for the casting procedure. The plastering process in children takes an average of 10-15 minutes. In the experimental group, the stress ball selected by the child will be started 1-2 minutes before the casting process and will be watched for an average of 10 minutes. If the procedure is prolonged, the time for squeezing and playing with the stress ball will be extended.
Sponsors
Ataturk University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Age between 6 and 12 years (over 12 years old) 2. Absence of any physical and mental illness, 3. Not having taken analgesics in the last six hours 4. Hospitalization was for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes 5. The child and parents are comfortable speaking and understanding Turkish.
Exclusion criteria
1. Children hospitalized for surgery will not be included in the study. 2. Those who are outside the inclusion criteria will not be included in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient Identification Form | baseline | In this form, there are questions about the child's age, gender, weight, age of the mother and father, presence of long-term illness, previous hospitalization status and reason, previous surgery status, presence of medication on continuous use, analgesic intake in the last 6 hours. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Children's Fear Scale (CFS) | baseline | The CFS, which was first used in 2003, is a scale with proven validity and reliability developed to assess the child's fear/anxiety and its level. The scale includes five different facial expressions, with no fear/anxiety at one end and very intense fear/anxiety at the other end, and is evaluated on a 0-4 point scale. 0: no fear/anxiety, 4: extreme fear and anxiety. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Child Anxiety Scale-Dispositional (CAS-D) | Baseline | The CAS-D is shaped like a thermometer with a bulb at the bottom and horizontal lines with intervals going upwards. It is intended for children aged 4-10 years. The scale instructs children to Imagine that all your anxious or angry feelings are at the bulb or bottom of the thermometer. Following the data collection, two members of the research team review and score the child's CAS-D scores. The score can range from 0 to 10. |
Contacts
Primary ContactZülbiye DEMİR BARBAK, 1
Backup ContactSultan Esra TEDİK, 2
Outcome results
None listed