The aim of the study is to examine the effect of animal-assisted practice on fear in children admitted to the emergency room.
Children's fears about the hospital are traumatic and confront us as a hindering factor in their growth and development.Bringing the child to the emergency room and not knowing what will happen there creates great fear in him. Children already have different fears according to different age groups and developmental stages. These; separation from family, pain and suffering, change in body image (losing body parts), etc. The state of fear can lead to a worsening of the child's existing illness and symptoms. In addition to being separated from the family, being separated from peers, not being able to play games, staying away from school if going to school, etc. they have concerns.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
35
It will be ensured that the child is introduced to the goldfish when he is lying in the observation room, that the child will name the fish, and that he will communicate and feed the fish during his stay. Thus, it is aimed to turn the attention of the child to the goldfish while in the emergency room, to distract the child with the fish while all nursing interventions are presented, and to reduce the fear.
Routine nursing care will be provided.
Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
Tokat Province, Eyalet/Yerleşke, Turkey (Türkiye)
The Scale Development of Fear in Children Against Nursing Interventions and Used Materıals
The scale was created to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool for children to determine their fear of nursing interventions and used materials. As a result of the validity and reliability analyzes of the scale, it was composed of 18 items. The scale has 2 sub-dimensions. These are fear of common materials (10 items) and fear of uncommon materials (8 items). The scale was scored as (1) not afraid, (2) little afraid, (3) afraid, (4) very afraid, (5) extremely afraid.
Time frame: 2 hours
Child Fear Scale
The Scale is a scale consisting of the display of five drawn facial expressions, ranging from neutral expression (0 points) to "no fear" to frightened face (4 points) to "severe fear". The scale is intended for children aged 5-10 years.
Time frame: 2 hours
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