Effects of Distraction on Pain and Distress During Venepuncture in Children

• Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT01952106
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 60
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Duration (Months): 6
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 10

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The main purpose of this study is Investigating the effectiveness of distraction by evaluating the children's perception of pain during venepuncture.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Hospitalism in Children; Pain	Other: play computer game	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 60 participants
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Official Title: Effects of Distraction on Pain and Distress During Venepuncture in Children
• Study Start Date: Oct 1, 2013
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Apr 1, 2014
• Actual Study Completion Date: Apr 1, 2014

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: distraction use the computer game to distract children's pain and anxiety during venepuncture	Other: play computer game

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Visual Analogue pain Scale will be used to evaluate children's pain perception [approximately 15 mins during venepuncture process]

   monitor the children's oxygen saturation and pain scale.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 5 Years to 7 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• 5-7 years old

• understanding numeral

Exclusion Criteria:

• mental retard and can not nuderstand numeral

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	National Taiwan University Hospital	Taipei		Taiwan	100

Sponsors and Collaborators

• National Taiwan University Hospital

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: chiying Tseng, National Taiwan University Hospital

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: National Taiwan University Hospital
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01952106
• Other Study ID Numbers: 201305092RIND
• First Posted: Sep 27, 2013
• Last Update Posted: Dec 8, 2014
• Last Verified: Dec 1, 2014

• Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital: venepuncture; distraction; distress

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Dec 8, 2014