Education for Children Who Will Have Planned Surgery With Web-based and Therapeutic Game Method

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Day Surgery

Treatments: Other: Routine maintenance Training; Other: Web-Based Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05320614

MSKU UYSAL-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research was planned to determine the effects of the web-based education given at home to children aged 7-12 in planned surgeries and the therapeutic game method applied in the hospital on pre-operative anxiety and fear, postoperative pain and sleep.

This study is a randomized controlled experimental study.

Full description

Illness and especially hospitalization in the preoperative and postoperative period cause trauma with physiological, emotional and behavioral problems for children. With the help of web-based education and therapeutic game methods by pediatric nurses, anxiety, fear and pain seen in children and families can be reduced and skills to cope with negative emotions can be improved.

This research was planned to determine the effects of the web-based education given at home to children aged 7-12 in planned surgeries and the therapeutic game method applied in the hospital on pre-operative anxiety and fear, postoperative pain and sleep.

This study is a randomized controlled experimental study. The study is planned to be performed in the pediatric surgery clinic of the Training and Research Hospital.

For sample selection, children will be stratified in terms of age variables and divided into two strata as 7-9 years old and 10-12 years old. In order to ensure homogeneity between the groups, children will be selected into the study and control groups using a simple randomization method and a random numbers table. To the children in the study group and their parents; information about the child's surgery, educational brochures including the conditions to be considered before, during and after the operation, during the discharge period, operating room tour, educational games, etc. Training will be given on the website using and a therapeutic game will be played in the game room at the hospital the day before the surgery. The children in the control group and their parents will be given routine care and information about the pre-operative preparation in the service. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test will be used in the evaluation of the data. A value of p<0.05 will be considered statistically significant.

Enrollment: 78 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Agreeing to participate in the research,
• Those who will have a planned surgery between the ages of 7-12,
• Having and able to use a computer/tablet and internet connection at home,
• Having the ability to use a computer / tablet,
• Pediatric patients given written consent by their parents

Exclusion criteria

• At least one previous experience of surgery
• Having communication problems (sight, hearing, mental),
• Diagnosed with anxiety disorder,
• Genetic/congenital disease,

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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78 participants in 2 patient groups

case 1

Experimental group

Description:

Case Group:Web-Based Education Information about the operation that the child will undergo; animation films about the hospital, the operating room and the medical equipment to be used; training with presentation including methods of coping with anxiety, fear and pain, postoperative wound care, possible complications in nutrition and nursing care; educational games Education with Therapeutic Play Method Training with the therapeutic game method for 30-45 minutes in the game room in the service one day before the surgery

Treatment:

Other: Web-Based Education

control 1

Experimental group

Description:

Control Group: Explaining the routine care given in the service by the pediatric surgery nurse to the child and parent in the control group.

Treatment:

Other: Routine maintenance Training