Effects of Distraction on Pain and Distress During Venepuncture in Children

National Taiwan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hospitalism in Children; Pain

Treatments: Other: play computer game

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01952106

201305092RIND

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 7 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 5-7 years old
• understanding numeral

Exclusion criteria

• mental retard and can not nuderstand numeral

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 1 patient group

distraction

Experimental group

Description:

use the computer game to distract children's pain and anxiety during venepuncture

Treatment:

Other: play computer game