Status:
RECRUITING
Distraction as Treatment for Pain in Children in Resource-scarce Settings
Lead Sponsor:
Vrinnevi Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
Radboud University Medical Center
Linkoeping University
Conditions:
Pain, Acute
Eligibility:
All Genders
7-12 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Pain alleviation in pediatric patients can be challenging for medical professionals working in resource scarce settings due to limited availability of medication, monitoring equipment, or training in ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Pediatric patients between the age of 7 and 12 years old with burn injuries requiring dressing changes in the outpatient clinic, who in regular practice (non-research setting) would not receive any analgesics;
- Type of burn injury: partial thickness burns with a burned area not greater than 10% at the moment of the first dressing change measurement as part of this research
Exclusion
- Patients who received split skin grafts for their burns;
- Patients on sedatives or anti-epileptics;
- The use of pain-relieving medication other than paracetamol or ibuprofen;
- Painful additional injuries other than the burn injury;
- Patients who are nursed in isolation;
- Physical or mental impairments which make it impossible to adequately comply with the trial protocol. For example, visual impairments, impaired ability to communicate, psychological comorbidities, and burns that limit the use of a kaleidoscope (facial burns or burns to both hands);
- Retrospective exclusion if the patient in the intervention group did not look through the kaleidoscope for more than 50% of the procedure time.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 30 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
126 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06933303
Start Date
March 30 2025
End Date
December 31 2026
Last Update
April 18 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Ngwelezana Hospital
Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3880