The Effect of Therapeutic Story on Pain, Fear and Anxiety Levels

Okan University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Fear

Burns

Anxiety

Pain

Treatments

Other: Therapeutic Story

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06583668

NSS0

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of therapeutic story on pain, anxiety, fear and physiological parameters in children undergoing burn dressing.

Methods: A randomised controlled trial was conducted between April 2023 and June 2024 with 60 patients who were admitted to the burn unit of a hospital in Istanbul and met the inclusion criteria. Patients in the story group (n=30) were listened to the digitised story during burn dressing, while patients in the control group (n=30) did not receive any intervention other than routine care. Data were collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Form, Child Anxiety Scale-Situation Scale, Child Fear Scale, Wong-Barker Pain Scale, Parental Satisfaction Scale (VAS) and Physiological Parameters Form.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

All

Ages

3 to 6 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

- To be between 3-6 years old,
Consideration of the first dressing of the child in the burn centre
2nd degree superficial and deep burns (2nd degree burns requiring hospital treatment and high pain level)
Percentage of burns below 10 per cent (light sedation for children with burn injuries above 10 per cent)
Not having any chronic disease other than burns
The child's willingness to participate in the research
It is the absence of mental, communication problems and visual impairment.