This study aimed to determine the effects of hand puppets and kaleidoscopes on some emotional parameters in preschool children who underwent skin prick testing at the pediatric allergy and immunology outpatient clinic.The study was conducted with children aged 3-6 years who underwent skin prick testing for allergy testing.In the study, the Introductory Characteristics of Children and Their Families Form, Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale (FACES) and Child Fear Scale (CFS) were used to store data.The data were uploaded to the computer and coded by the researchers, and the data were evaluated in the SPSS package program. Sociodemographic data of the children participating in the study are given as numbers and percentage distributions. The data were analyzed according to normal distribution and appropriate tests were used. The statistical significance level of the research was determined as p\<0.05. In addition, at the end of the study, with a sufficient sample size, working status was tested with post-hoc power analysis.
Type of Research: It is a randomized controlled type research. Place and Characteristics of the Research: It was conducted in the pediatric allergy and immunology outpatient clinic of Fırat University Hospital, with children aged 3-6 years who underwent skin testing for allergy. Children are accompanied by a companion during their examinations. In the routine, no distraction method is used for children during the procedure. Allocation into groups was done using simple random sampling. Collection of data Study data were collected in 3 groups. Hand puppet group: The hand puppet was used to divert the attention of the children in the group during the skin prick test. The cost of the hand puppet was covered by the researcher. Kaleidoscope group: It was used to divert the attention of the children in the kaleidoscope group during the skin prick test. Kaleidoscope, also known as a kaleidoscope, is a play tool that multiplies the outside image when viewed inside. The cost of the kaleidoscope was covered by the researcher. Control group: No intervention was made to the children in the control group during the skin prick test. 1. In the first stage, randomization of children who met the research criteria was performed. 2. The "Introductory Characteristics Form for Children and Their Families" was filled in for the children assigned to the groups. 3. After the children's doctor's examination at the pediatric allergy and immunology outpatient clinic, the child and his/her family, for whom a skin prick test was requested, were evaluated in the room where the test would be performed. The children in the hand puppet group were started to play games with the hand puppet by the researcher 1 minute before the procedure. During the procedure, the children in the kaleidoscope group were asked to look inside the kaleidoscope and describe the shapes they saw, thus drawing their attention to the shapes in the kaleidoscope. No application was made to the children in the control group during the skin prick test. Children, their families and the observer were asked to answer the "Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale (FACES)" and "Child Fear Scale (CFS)" questions before and after the treatment. Skin prick test was applied to all children in the sample group by the same nurse, in accordance with the procedure steps.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
75
Children in the experimental group were shown a hand puppet to distract them during the skin test for allergy.
Children in the other experimental group were look at kaleidoscope to distract them during the skin test for allergy.
Özlem Selime Merter
Elâzığ, Turkey (Türkiye)
WONG-BAKER FACES PAIN RATING SCALE
In this scale, faces are given pain scores according to numerical values. The lowest score is "0" and the highest score is "10". As the score from the scale increases, the intensity of pain increases, and as the score decreases, the intensity decreases.
Time frame: day 1
Children's Fear Scale
5 cartoon face pictures were used in the scale. Anxiety level is evaluated with numbers between "0" and "4". A score of "0" indicates "no anxiety" and a score of "4" indicates "severe anxiety".
Time frame: day 1
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