School Activity for the Reduction of Distress, Pain and Negative Emotions in Children Experiencing Hospital School

Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS

Status

Completed

Conditions

Hospital School Experience

Treatments

Other: Hospital School Experience, point of view of the non hospital teachers

Other: Hospital School Experience, point of view of the children

Other: Hospital School Experience, point of view of the hospital teachers

Other: Hospital School Experience, point of view of parents

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04046692

Hospital_School

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim of present study is to evaluate the efficacy of hospital school experience in the reduction of distress, pain and negative emotion in children from 8 to 12 years old, hospitalized in oncology and pediatric wards. Investigators also want to explore the ideas and opinions of teachers and parents about hospital school service.

Hypothesis: the investigators expect a reduction in pain, distress and negative emotions.

Full description

The school service into the hospital was born as an attempt to support emotionally, relationally and cognitively the hospitalized children, who have to spend a lot of time alone, without being educated by teachers with their classmates. There are not many studies in the Italian contest about this issue and with the present study the investigators intended to implement the acknowledgement about this theme.

The principal aim of this study is to explore if the school service reduces negative emotions experienced by oncological children as well as perceived pain and distress. To evaluate this aims, the investigators organized the study in 3 sections: the first is about the emotions experienced by oncological children between 8 and 12 years old, who benefit from the school service into the hospital; the second is about their parents' opinions and believes about the hospital school service; the third is about opinions, training and educational method dedicated by hospital school teachers and not hospital school teachers (who previously thought to our oncology children sample).

Enrollment

180 patients

Sex

All

Ages

8 to 12 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria for children:

age between 8 and 12 years old
knowledge of Italian language
consent for study participation
recovery
be/not be in contact with classmates (group A and group B)

Exclusion Criteria for Children:

patients who have already had hospital school experience in the past
cognitive disability
patients that cannot complete the study because of health or mental issues incoming during the period of the research

Inclusion criteria for hospital teachers:

Italian knowledge
Being a hospital teacher

Exclusion criteria for hospital teachers:

Have earlier experience as a hospital children in other hospitals

Inclusion criteria for not hospital teachers:

Italian knowledge
Being a teacher of the hospitalized children in the past or present time exclusion criteria for not hospital teachers:
A past experience as a hospital teacher

Inclusion criteria for parents:

Italian knowledge
consent for study participation
Health or mental issues that can cause problems in completing questionnaires or answering questions

Exclusion criteria for parents:

Cognitive disability
Health or mental issues that can cause problems in completing questionnaires or answering questions

Trial design

180 participants in 5 patient groups

children in hospital school in contact with outside school

Description:

children experience school's lesson with the hospital teacher in the school's room or into their bedrooms and the investigator give before/after the lesson 2 questionnaire (PANAS-C and PH-C) and the VAS to evaluate the aim's study. Then, the investigator asks the children to make 2 paintings: one about the hospital school experience (what is for him/her the hospital school) and one about the outside school (what he/she do/did outside during school).

Treatment:

Other: Hospital School Experience, point of view of the children

children in hospital school NOT in contact with outside school

Description:

it's the same of the previous group ("children experiencing hospital school still in contact with outside school"); the only difference of this group is that children are not in contact with the outside school.

Treatment:

Other: Hospital School Experience, point of view of the children

hospital teachers

Description:

teachers have to answer to some questions (qualitative interview) and fill in CEESQ schedule

Treatment:

Other: Hospital School Experience, point of view of the hospital teachers

outside teachers

Description:

teachers have to answer to some questions (qualitative interview) and fill in CEESQ schedule

Treatment:

Other: Hospital School Experience, point of view of the non hospital teachers