Nonpharmacological Management of Postoperative Pain in Children

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2022-04-05
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The 3 non-pharmacological methods of online gaming, cold application, and placebo were chosen to reduce postoperative pain in children undergoing orthopedic and traumatology surgery. The effect of these 3 non-pharmacological methods on pain reduction was measured and compared.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being in the 7-12 age group

• Having undergone lower or upper extremity surgery

• Receiving general anesthesia during surgery

• Having a body temperature not higher than 37.5°C

• Those who are hospitalized in the orthopedic service and agree to participate along with their parents.

Exclusion Criteria:

• After the surgery, children who had intense pain in the first 4 hours and were given analgesics, children under 7 or over 12 years old, children with a fracture in the active arm for the online game group, children with a fever above 37.5°C, patients who were not fully recovered at 4 hours after the surgery and could not communicate, patients with mental motor development retardation, patients with plaster treatment for the cold application group, patients who received botulinum toxin injection during surgery and patients who underwent biopsy will be excluded from the study.