Use of Incentives for Stressful Medical Procedures

Part of paid clinical trials in Aurora, Colorado.

Sponsor
Jennifer Staab, MS, CCLS
Study ID
NCT06254898
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Healthy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
6 Years - 17 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Child life standard of care — BEHAVIORAL
    Standard preparation and support provided to the participant by a Certified Child Life Specialist.
  • Child life standard of care + incentives provided with conditional agreement. — BEHAVIORAL
    Patient is provided standard preparation and support provided to the participant by a Certified Child Life Specialist. Before the procedure the child life specialist discusses earning a prize with the patient if they demonstrate the agreed upon coping goal (i.e. holding arm still, taking deep breaths, engaging in distraction.) At the end of the procedure the patient is provided with the prize if they earn the prize based on the agreed upon coping plan.
  • Child life standard of care + incentive provided unconditionally. — BEHAVIORAL
    Patient is provided standard preparation and support provided to the participant by a Certified Child Life Specialist. After the procedure is complete the patient is provided with a prize. The patient does not need to do anything to earn the prize.

Study Details

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 Dates

Start date
Jun 2, 2023
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Aug 1, 2026
Completion
Aug 1, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
187 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Active Comparator: Child life standard of care
    Child life standard of care
  • Experimental: Child life standard of care + incentives provided with conditional agreement.
    Child life standard of care + incentives provided with conditional agreement.
  • Experimental: Child life standard of care + incentive provided unconditionally.
    Child life standard of care + incentive provided unconditionally.

Primary Outcome Measure

modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS) [ Time Frame: Immediately after the intervention/procedure/surgery ]

Central Contacts

Locations (3)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Children's Hospital Colorado AnschutzAuroraColorado80045
Claire Simonsen, BA
[email protected]
720-777-5313
Children's Hospital Colorado North CampusBroomfieldColorado80023
Claire Simonsen, BA
[email protected]
720-777-5313
Children's Hospital Colorado South CampusHighlands RanchColorado80129
Claire Simonsen, BA
[email protected]
720-777-5313

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