Effect of music and toys on reducing pain during colonoscopy and acceptance of colonoscopy by children: a randomized clinical trial

Background: Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience accompanied by fear and anxiety. Pain anxiety can cause resistance, reduce his/her cooperation and cause undesirable mental and psychological complications. The use of non-medical methods in relieving pain is preferable. Objective: T...

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Veröffentlicht in:Electronic physician 2019-12, Vol.11 (4), p.7652-7659
Hauptverfasser: Kiani, Mohammad Ali, Heydarian, Farhad, Feyzabadi, Zahra, Saeidi, Masumeh, Jafari, Seyed Ali, Hebrani, Paria
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Zusammenfassung:Background: Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience accompanied by fear and anxiety. Pain anxiety can cause resistance, reduce his/her cooperation and cause undesirable mental and psychological complications. The use of non-medical methods in relieving pain is preferable. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of toys and music on pain and vital signs of children during colonoscopy. Methods: This clinical trial was conducted on 90 children aged 2-14 years old referred to Ghaem Hospital in Mashhad (Iran) in 2016-2017. Performing colonoscopy on children who were randomly allocated to three equal groups of 30 (Two intervention and one control group): Group 1: toys (a car for boys and a doll for girls), Group 2: a piece of Clayderman music, and a control group. The vital signs of the children before and after colonoscopy, and the pain after it, were measured. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 16, using paired-samples t-test. A p-value of less than or equal to 0.05 was considered statistically significant for examining the hypotheses of the study. Results: The mean age of children was 9.07±3.22, and 54.4% of them were girls. Heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure increased significantly after colonoscopy in the music and control groups (p
ISSN:2008-5842
2008-5842
DOI:10.19082/7652