The Effect of Using Finger Puppets and Showing Cartoons on Pain and Fear in Preschool Children During Blood Collection

Hitit University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Fear; Pain

Treatments: Other: showing finger puppets during blood collection; Other: control group; Other: cartoons

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07237074

HititU-SBF-ZÇ-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is a randomized controlled experimental study aimed at determining the effect of showing cartoons or using finger puppets to children aged 3-6 years before taking venous blood samples on their pain levels.

Based on the results of this study, it is thought that showing cartoons and using finger puppets before blood collection will help reduce pain levels in children and improve their ability to cope with pain, thereby improving the quality of care. In this context, the study will be conducted to determine the effect of showing cartoons and using finger puppets before blood collection on pain in pediatric patients.

Full description

Children between the ages of three and six have the language skills to express pain at a sensory level. They can describe the location and intensity of the pain. They may cry, scream, and exhibit aggressive behavior in response to pain. They may think of invasive procedures such as blood collection as punishment. Before any procedures are performed, the child should be informed about the procedures that will be performed and their stress and fear should be reduced by helping them relax. Nurses should use non-pharmacological methods appropriate for the age group of the children during painful procedures to reduce the level of pain perceived by the children. In this study, I will examine the effect of showing cartoons and finger puppets to children during blood collection on pain and fear.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 6 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The child and parent agree to participate in the study.
• The child is between 3 and 6 years old.
• The child has no acute pain complaints.
• The child has no disabilities.

Exclusion criteria

• The child and parent refuse to participate in the study.
• The child is under 3 years of age or over 6 years of age.
• The child has acute pain complaints.
• The child has any disability.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 3 patient groups

finger puppet group

Experimental group

Description:

During the blood collection procedure, 40 children were randomly selected to play with finger puppets.

Treatment:

Other: showing finger puppets during blood collection

watching cartoons group

Experimental group

Description:

During the blood collection procedure, 40 children were randomly selected to watch cartoons.

Treatment:

Other: cartoons

control group

Experimental group

Description:

No intervention was performed on the children.

Treatment:

Other: control group