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

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Ngwelezana Hospital

Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3880