A Distraction Protocol for Peripheral Intravenous (IV) Placement in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Routine Care; Behavioral: Distraction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00924417

CMRCIRB#2008-13630

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized, controlled trial of a distraction protocol for peripheral intravenous line placement in the pediatric emergency department. Patients and parents will be randomized to one of two interventions: routine care or a teaching session about the cognitive technique known as distraction. The study seeks to enroll children ages 4-9, who are cognitively normal, who are without significant chronic medical illness, who are receiving intravenous line placement as part of routine care in the pediatric emergency department. Study investigators hypothesize that patients in the intervention group will report less pain than patients in the control group.

Full description

Routine care patients will have intravenous lines placed in the usual manner.

Intervention patient families will have a teaching session about distraction techniques, and distraction will be used during the intravenous line placement.

Enrollment: 55 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 9 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ages 4 - 9
• Requiring IV placement for medical care in emergency department
• Child cognitively normal

Exclusion criteria

• No significant chronic medical conditions
• No IV in past 3 years

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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55 participants in 2 patient groups

Distraction

Experimental group

Description:

Parent given brief teaching session on concept of distraction, and parent and child given 3 "distraction" toys/tools to assist with peripheral intravenous line placement.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Distraction

Routine care

Other group

Description:

Patient managed as routine care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Routine Care