Distraction Method on Pain and Anxiety During Circumcision

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety; Pain; Urological Nursing

Treatments: Other: Tablet group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04220346

2018-123

Details and patient eligibility

About

Circumcision is a common procedure in infants, children and young people around the world for cultural, religious or medical reasons. Since this is a painful procedure, it is performed under local anesthesia or general anesthesia. It is recommended to perform this procedure under local anesthesia if there is no risk. Although local anesthesia is used during the procedure, pain and anxiety levels of children may increase. Distraction methods are commonly used and effective methods to reduce pain and anxiety during painful procedures. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of tablet playing during circumcision on pain and anxiety in school age children.

Full description

Circumcision is a common procedure in the worldwide. To our knowledge, although there have been several randomized controlled trials using video and game techniques, which are distractions to reduce pain and anxiety during painful procedures, no randomized controlled trials using playing the game with Tablet to reduce pain and anxiety during circumcision have been found. Non-pharmacological studies, such as play therapy, are needed to reduce pain and anxiety in school-age children undergoing circumcision under local anesthesia. The aim of this study is to provide evidence about the effectiveness of playing the game with Tablet used to reduce pain and anxiety during circumcision, and to contribute to nursing care in pain management.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 7 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• being between 7-12 years
• male gender
• circumcision with local anesthesia
• agreeing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• presence of any contraindication for circumcision (hemophilia, bleeding disorders, urinary anatomical disorders-hypospadias, epispadias etc.)
• any analgesic used 24 hours before circumcision

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Tablet group

Experimental group

Description:

The Tablet group played the game with Tablet during the whole circumcision.

Treatment:

Other: Tablet group

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group did not play game with Tablet during the procedure.