Medical Clowning: Needs Assessment and Implication for Hospitalized Children With Cancer/Blood Disease

• Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT03586180
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 148
• Location: 1
• Actual Duration (Months): 21.8
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 6.8

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Hospitalized children who undergo painful procedures are more susceptible than others to experiencing iatrogenic effects, such as anxiety, pain, and severe stress. Clowns in clinical setting have been found to be effective in reducing children's experiences of these effects during hospitalization and before procedures. This article provides an overview of clowning in health care settings; reviews major studies conducted on clowning for hospitalized children, discussing evidence that clown interventions decrease pain and distress in pediatric patients; and concludes with a discussion of health care clowning as a profession.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Blood Disease; Cancer; Friendly Healthcare in Children; Medical Clown; Hospitalized Children	Behavioral: Medical Clowning for children

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Actual Enrollment: 148 participants
• Observational Model: Case-Only
• Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
• Official Title: Medical Clowning: Needs Assessment, Implication, and Evaluation for Children and Adolescents With Cancer Using Child Friendly Healthcare
• Actual Study Start Date: Jun 7, 2018
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Mar 31, 2020
• Actual Study Completion Date: Mar 31, 2020

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
children and their parents aged 4-18 children with cancer/blood disease and their parents	Behavioral: Medical Clowning for children; Clowns in clinical setting have been found to be effective in reducing children's experiences of these effects during hospitalization and before procedures.
Dr. Clowns they will perform shows for children and parents	Behavioral: Medical Clowning for children; Clowns in clinical setting have been found to be effective in reducing children's experiences of these effects during hospitalization and before procedures.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. experience and influence from medical clowning for children and their parents [1 year]

   Children with cancer/blood disease and their parents would use self-report to complete the questionnaire after medical clowning. Using Face Rating Scale (1=very unhappy to 5=very happy) for measuring emotion state (pre-emotion for before medical clowning and post-emotion for after medical clowning). It can understand whether their emotion state change before/after medical clowning or not.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: N/A and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• aged 4-18 children with cancer/blood disease and parents of children aged 0-18 years with cancer/blood disease

Exclusion Criteria:

• older than aged 18

Contacts and Locations

Locations

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

Sponsors and Collaborators

• National Taiwan University Hospital

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: National Taiwan University Hospital
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03586180
• Other Study ID Numbers: 201803121RINB
• First Posted: Jul 13, 2018
• Last Update Posted: Aug 10, 2020
• Last Verified: May 1, 2020

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: Undecided
• Plan to Share IPD: Undecided
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Hematologic Diseases

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Aug 10, 2020