Clinical trialNCT02217436CompletedInterventional

iPad as a Distraction Tool During Facial Laceration Repair

SponsorUniversity of California, San DiegoEnrollment80AnxietyChildrenLaceration Repair

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Summary

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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.

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Investigators

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Amy Williams, MD
University of California, San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
Principal Investigator
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Bema Bonsu, MD
University of California, San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Rady Children'S Hospital San Diego
San Diego, California, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 30 Apr 2014
Primary completion: 31 Jul 2015
Completion: 31 Jul 2015
Last update posted: 23 Jul 2019
Registered enrollment: 80
Registry id: NCT02217436

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