The purpose of our study to quantitatively examine the stress levels prior to surgery and the use of analgesics post surgery in both children and their parents following a preoperative intervention with a medical clown compared to children that were not exposed to this intervention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
Presence of clowns on child's postoperative pain levels, anxiety levels of the child and the accompanying parent and the effect of the intervention on the total consumption of analgesics and on the post- surgery inflammatory markers
Soroka University Medical Center
Beersheba, Israel
Assuta Medical Center
Beersheba, Israel
Children: WBS (Wong Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale)
measure at 4 time points (repeated measures) - at admission, discharge, 12 and 24 hours.
Time frame: 24 hours
Use of analgesics
Total dose of analgesics over 24 periods per kg.
Time frame: During the 24 hours following the surgery
Cytokines levels
Cytokined levels at the end of the surgery (end of precedure, before waking up)(IL-1b, IL-2,IL-6, IL-8, IL-10,TNF-α and VEGF)
Time frame: End of precedure, before waking up
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