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The efficacy of Distraction Technique to relieve pain in hospitalized children

The Distraction Technique in relieving pain and reducing stress in hospitalized children

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-58jw26
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2015-05-18
Start date
2013-03-27
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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

Conditions

Pediatric pain

Interventions

The intervention of Audiovisual Distraction constituted the child's attention direction before and during painful puncture procedure for a children's short film with content of interest the age group
Behavioural

Sponsors

Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo
Lead Sponsor
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
6 Years to 12 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children aged between six and 12; who had language skills to communicate; in hospital context with different diagnoses; requiring prescribed venipuncture or arterial puncture by clinical demand; with time minimum of one day of hospitalization and time interval of no more than seven days between the puncture procedures.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children with neurological impairments; children with communication problems; children under sedation.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Expected outcome: Pain intensity reduction (1), verified by Faces Pain Scale - Revised (FPS-R) (2), from the observation of a decrease at least two points in the post intervention measurement (3). ;Outcome found: Pain intensity reduction (1), verified by Faces Pain Scale - Revised (FPS-R) (2), based on the statement of an average decrease of two points points in post intervention measurement (3).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Expected outcome: Reducing the intensity of pain (1), verified by the Visual Analog Scale of pain (VAS) (2), from the observation of a decrease of at least one point in the post intervention measurement (3).;Outcome found: Pain intensity reduction (1), verified by the Visual Analog Scale of pain (VAS) (2), based on the statement of an average decrease of two points in the post intervention measurement (3).

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactNátali Oliveira

Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo

nataliantunes@usp.br+55 (16) 3315 9042

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)