Use of Incentives for Stressful Medical Procedures

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Healthy

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the use of incentives in pediatric patients requiring medical procedures. The main questions it aims to answer are: Are incentives effective at reducing pediatric anxiety for medical procedures? What is the best way to use incentives with pediatric populations requiring medical procedures? Participants will be provided support in preparation for their procedure and during the procedure by a child life specialist and might receive an incentive prize after their procedure. Participants distress levels during the procedure will be observed and they will be asked to rate their anxiety on a visual analog scale. Researchers will compare the anxiety of those who did or did not receive an incentive after their procedure to see if incentives reduced procedural anxiety.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06254898

Run by

Jennifer Staab, MS, CCLS

People needed

186

Starts

2023-06-02

Expected to finish

2026-06-08

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-13

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients and parent of patients aged 6-100 years who are undergoing a medical procedure
• Patients and parent of patients who are prepared and supported by a certified child life specialist.

You may not qualify if…

• Cognitive impairment that negates the use of the outcome tools
• Children younger than 6 years old, or older than 17 years old.

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz — Aurora, Colorado, United States
• Children's Hospital Colorado North Campus — Broomfield, Colorado, United States
• Children's Hospital Colorado South Campus — Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States

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