The Effect of Distraction With a Kaleidoscope on the Level of Perceived Pain During Blood Sampling in Children

İlknur KAHRİMAN

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Device: kaleidoscope

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06352021

KAHRİMAN İlknur

Details and patient eligibility

About

This experimental study aimed to determine the effect of distracting children with a kaleidoscope during blood sampling on their perception of pain during the procedure and to increase and improve the quality of evidence for the effectiveness of these methods across different populations and cultures.

Hypothesis 0 (H0): There is no difference between the pain scores of the kaleidoscope group and the control group during blood sampling.

Hypothesis 1 (H1): There is a difference between the pain scores of the kaleidoscope group and the control group during blood sampling.

Full description

A pain-free life is the right of every child. Eliminating pain and improving the quality of life of children is one of the main goals of nursing care. Pediatric nurses should choose the appropriate assessment tool for the child's age and developmental characteristics and diagnose pain correctly. For this purpose, nurses can use appropriate distraction methods. Since the nurse is the healthcare worker who is with the child and family the most throughout the day, s/he should closely monitor and evaluate the child's pain and inform the child and family about the principles of pain control. Many hospitals in Türkiye generally do not use any non-pharmacologic methods to reduce procedural pain. Given that distraction techniques are inexpensive and easy to use, and that reducing children's pain may reduce negative feelings towards future procedures, it is important to examine the effectiveness of such methods. In our study, a kaleidoscope, one of the methods of distraction to reduce pain during blood sampling in children, was used. A kaleidoscope is a game tool that helps distract the child's attention from procedural pain and shows the external image by reproducing it when viewed through it. This experimental study aimed to determine the effect of distracting children with a kaleidoscope during blood sampling on their perception of pain during the procedure and to increase and improve the quality of evidence for the effectiveness of these methods across different populations and cultures.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• were being 7-12 years of age
• not having an auditory or visual disability
• not taking analgesics in the last eight hours
• not having any pain caused by other reasons before the procedure
• having vascular access and blood sampling interventions

Exclusion criteria

• having physical or mental disability
• having any nerve damage

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

kaleidoscope group

Experimental group

Description:

The children in the kaleidoscope group were shown the kaleidoscope by the researcher five minutes before the blood sampling, and they were encouraged to look at the kaleidoscope during the procedure and describe the patterns they saw.

Treatment:

Device: kaleidoscope

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

This group underwent routine blood sampling procedures and did not receive any intervention to reduce their pain.