Sleep Buddy Application in Hospitalized Children

Medipol Health Group

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Main Heading (Descriptor) Terms

Treatments: Other: Sleep buddy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06508905

E-76728045-806.01.03-226794342

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study to investigate the effect of sleep companion application on psychosocial symptoms in hospitalized school children aged 6-12 years.

Full description

The sample of the study consisted of a total of 97 school-age children hospitalized in the Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery-Endocrine Service of the Health Services Application and Research Hospital of a university hospital and in the Pediatrics Service of a state hospital. Children who met the inclusion criteria and whose written and verbal consent was obtained from their parents for participation in the study after being informed were included in the study.

The study was completed as 50 control and 47 experimental group with 3 missing persons in the experimental group.

Data were collected using the "Introductory Information Form" and "Psychosocial Symptoms Diagnostic Scale for Hospitalized Children (PSDS)" tools.

The toy, which was selected as a sleep companion for the children in the experimental group, was introduced to the children and accompanied them for 3 days during their hospitalization. The experimental and control groups were observed for psychosocial symptoms.

The data will be analyzed with SPSS software.

Enrollment: 97 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hospitalized school-age children (6-12 years old),
• No mental disability,
• Volunteer to participate in the research,
• No allergies,
• Children who are hospitalized for at least 3 days

Exclusion criteria

• Hospitalized children under 6 years of age and over 12 years of age,
• Predicted discharge in less than 3 days,
• Children with a sleeping companion

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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97 participants in 2 patient groups

Sleep buddy

Experimental group

Description:

Children who did not have their own sleeping companion were given a toy selected as a sleeping companion. The toy was introduced to the children and accompanied them for 3 days during their hospitalization.

Treatment:

Other: Sleep buddy

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

After the child in the control group was hospitalized in the clinic, routine hospitalization procedures were performed and no intervention was performed. The child was observed during the three days of hospitalization. It was observed that the children did not have their own toys with them.