Letting Children Listen to Music During Computed Tomography

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study examines the effect of music during computed tomography in children. This study, conducted on a total of 60 children, was divided into two groups: the music group and the control group. According to the research results; showed that music reduces fear and anxiety levels in children and stabilizes vital signs (pulse and respiratory rate) during a tomography scan.

Detailed Description
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Aim: This research was conducted to determine the effect of music played during computerized tomography (CT) imaging in children on fear, anxiety and vital signs. Method: This randomized, double-blind controlled trial was conducted with Consolidated Standards of Reporting Studies (CONSORT) guidelines. The sample includes children aged 5-10 years who had CT scans in the emergency department of a public hospital in eastern Turkey between April 18 and May 20, 2023 and met the inclusion criteria for the study. The research was completed with a total of 60 children, divided evenly into one of two groups. The nursing intervention of the research is to listen to music. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using the Child and Family Information Form, the Child Fear Scale, the State Anxiety Scale for Children, and the Vital Signs Monitoring Form (pulse, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation). Ethical principles were followed in the research.

Official Title
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Effect of Music on Fear and Anxiety in Children During Tomography: Randomized Controlled Double-Blind Study

Conditions
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Fear, Computed Tomography

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Music


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Being between the ages of 5-10 Hospitalization is for diagnostic or treatment purposes The child and the parent speak and understand Turkish comfortably. Exclusion Criteria: Having previous tomography shooting experience Having chronic diseases Visual, auditory, speech and mental disorders There is a history of sedative, analgesic or narcotic substance use within 24 hours before application.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 5 Years
Maximum Age: 10 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: They were divided into two groups: control group and experimental group.
Masking: Quadruple


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: control group<br>Questionnaires and scales were filled out by the researcher five minutes before the CT scan. Routine CT scans were performed on the control group without listening to music by wearing a Bluetooth headset. The scales were repeated five minutes after the CT scan. | |
| Experimental: music group<br>Questionnaires and scales were filled out by the researcher five minutes before the CT scan. Just before the CT scan began, the children in the music group were started to listen to Lullaby K 350 music by inserting a Bluetooth headset into their ears. If the process took longer, the music was played again. Additionally, the Bluetooth headset was properly disinfected before each use to prevent the spread of infectious diseases among patients. | Other: Music<br>* Children were played music during computerized tomography.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Children's Fear Scale (CFS) | Children's Fear Scale is a scale scored between 0 and 4 showing five faces varying between a neutral expression (0 = no fear) to fearful face (4 = extreme fear). | one month | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Child Anxiety Scale-State (CAS-S) | The Child Anxiety Scale-State Scale resembles a thermometer with a bulb at the bottom and horizontal lines at intervals going upwards. This scale, for children ages 4 to 10, instructs children to Imagine that all your anxious or nervous feelings are in the bulb or bottom part of the thermometer | one month | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Child, Music, Anxiety, Fear