Puppet Show and Storytelling Effect Among Children With Cancer

Puppet Show and Storytelling Effect on Oral Medication Adherence and Negative Emotions Among Children With Cancer

Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of puppet show and storytelling effect on oral medication adherence and negative emotions among children with cancer.

Methods A non-equivalent control group pre-test and post-test, between subjects design was conducted in the Maternity & Children Hospital Bisha, Al-Namas General Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Suez Canal University Hospital at Egypt. A total of 100 children (ages 3-12) admitted for treatments in this hospital were invited to participate in the study. Of the 100 paediatric patients; 50 received puppet show and storytelling interventions and 50 received usual care.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Children With Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: standard care

Detailed Description

Hospitalization is a stressful and threatening experience, which can be emotionally devastating to children with cancer. Pediatric nurses play interventions such as puppet show and storytelling have been used to promote oral medication adherence for children with cancer also to help them to overcome their negative emotions during hospitalization

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• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 100
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Cairo, Egypt
    • Abeer

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• children with cancer who were diagnosed with the disease
• stay in the hospital for a minimum of three days in a row.
• The children were aged between three and twelve.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children who were getting palliative care
• weren't enrolled in a comparable program
• those with recognized cognitive
• learning disabilities were not included in our sample

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Puppet Show and Storytelling Effect among Children with Cancer; puppet show and storytelling interventions	Behavioral: standard care; standard care
No Intervention: standard care

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Measurment tool: Questionnaire Evaluate the effectiveness of puppet shows and storytelling effect on oral medication adherence and negative emotions among children with cancer	Puppet Show and Storytelling Effect on Oral Medication Adherence and Negative Emotions among Children with Cancer	12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Abeer Abd Elwahed Almowafy
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Abeer Almowafy, Al-Azhar University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 25, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): December 13, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 25, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): July 29, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 29, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 25, 2024
• Last Verified: July 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: UB-RELOC H-06-BH-087)/ 1205.24

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No