iPad as a Distraction Tool During Facial Laceration Repair

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Conditions studied: Anxiety, Laceration Repair, Children

In brief

Children aged 2-12 presenting to the Rady Children's Hospital San Diego (RCHSD) emergency department with facial lacerations requiring suture repair will be eligible to participate in the study. Participating children will be randomized to standard care versus standard care plus iPad use during the procedure. Children's anxiety levels assessed using a validated scale will be measured from video recordings made of the procedure. Parent and provider satisfaction surveys will be completed following the procedure. The primary study aim is to determine how iPad use affects children's anxiety levels during facial laceration repair. The secondary study aim is to determine how iPad use affects parent and provider satisfaction regarding a child's facial laceration repair. Hypothesis is that iPad use decreases children's anxiety levels during facial laceration repair and increases parent and provider satisfaction regarding a child's facial laceration repair.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02217436

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

80

Starts

2014-04-01

Expected to finish

2015-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-23

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients: Male and female children aged 2-12 of all ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic levels presenting to the emergency department for laceration repair. Children sustaining single, uncomplicated facial lacerations, which can be repaired with basic suture techniques, are eligible for the study. Lacerations repaired using LET cream, lidocaine injection, and LET cream and lidocaine injection are all eligible for the study.
• Parents of enrolled patients.
• Providers of enrolled patients: Residents, fellows, attendings, and nurse practitioners serving as the primary provider performing the laceration repair.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients: Lacerations to parts of the body other than the face. Children with developmental disabilities. Children with laceration repair requiring sedation. Children with complex lacerations requiring subspecialty repair.
• Parents and/or providers of children not eligible or enrolled in the study.
• Providers: Medical students performing the laceration repair.

Where it is running

• Rady Children's Hospital San Diego — San Diego, California, United States

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