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NCT Number: NCT06172972

Atraumatic Care Practice From the Child and Parent Perspective

It is important for pediatric nurses to apply atraumatic care while providing care to children and their families. Pediatric nurses should use methods appropriate for the child's age and developmental period within the scope of atraumatic care.

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Key information

Conditions

Nurse's Role Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

5 year–10 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hatice Uzşen

Samsun, Atakum, 55100, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

The use of atraumatic care approaches such as supporting the active participation of the family in the care of the child, using therapeutic communication techniques with parents and children during procedures, providing emotional support, reducing pain during painful procedures, using techniques to distract the child's attention during medical procedures, informing parents about the procedures to be performed on their children, and supporting parents and teaching techniques to cope with stress is recommended to be used by the nurses.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • being able to speak Turkish
  • being between 5-10 years of age
  • having no visual, intellectual or neurological disabilities
  • having the phlebotomy procedure carried out with a single attempt
  • not having a disease that causes chronic pain
  • being accompanied by either mother or father during the procedure
  • not taking painkillers or sedating drugs before the phlebotomy procedure

Exclusion criteria

  • being younger than 5 years or older than 10 years
  • having visual, audio, or speech impairments
  • having a disease that causes chronic pain
  • with a history of sedative and analgesic use within 24 h prior to admission
  • filling out the data collection forms incompletely

Treatment and study plan

Atraumatic nursing care

Behavioral

Children in the intervention group were allowed to choose a distracting method (foam balloons, stress balls, musical books) to be occupied with during the procedure

Primary outcomes

  1. Children's Fear Scale

    Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention and immediately after the intervention

    Children's Fear Scale was to measure fear in children who would undergo painful medical procedures

  2. Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale

    Time frame: immediately after the intervention

    This scale is used for 3-18 age group children to describe their pain.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Assessment of Parental Satisfaction-Visual Analog Scale

    Time frame: immediately after the intervention

    Parent satisfaction scores were collected using a question about care satisfaction during the phlebotomy procedure from each child's parent.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ondokuz Mayıs University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Dec 15, 2023
Registry last updated
Dec 15, 2023

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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