NCT05073497

Efficacy of Finger Puppet as a Distraction Method

Completed NA Last updated 1 April 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Finger puppets in Procedural Pain in 80 participants. Completed in 31 March 2022.

Timeline

15 October 2021

Primary endpoint
31 March 2022

31 March 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Biruni University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	supportive care
Enrollment	80
Start date	15 October 2021
Primary completion	31 March 2022
Estimated completion	31 March 2022
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• Finger puppets

Conditions studied

• Procedural Pain — all drugs for Procedural Pain →
• Pain — all drugs for Pain →
• Acute Pain — all drugs for Acute Pain →

Sponsor

Biruni University

Who can join

Adults 3 to 6, any sex, with Procedural Pain or Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The study will be conducted with the randomized controlled experimental method. The children who attended the pediatric emergency department will divide into two groups via randomization in the computer environment. After the randomization, children in the experimental group will play with finger puppets under the direction of the researcher during venipuncture. On the other hand, no application will perform on the children in the control group during the venipuncture. The parents will also be found next to their children in both groups during the procedure.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.