PLAY Therapy Intervention:Re-Modelling Patient Experience (PLAYTIME)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
PLAY Therapy Intervention: Re-Modelling Patient Experience (The PLAYTIME Study)\n
IRAS ID
197779
Contact name
Michael Beresford
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 10 months, 2 days
Research summary
Play specialists provide therapeutic play for children undergoing procedures. They use a combination of strategies including preparation for the procedure, support during the procedure and post-procedure debrief. We have developed a semi-structured play therapy intervention which is developed from recognised techniques and personal experience. This study aims to deliver this semi-structured play therapy intervention and examine its impact on procedure-related anxiety, coping, pain and patient experience.\n\nChildren aged 5 - 17 years of age under the rheumatology service and expected to require at least two blood tests as part of routine clinical care during a 16 week period will be eligible to take part. \n\nChildren will be randomised to receive either the play therapy intervention with their blood tests or to receive standard care. All children will complete questions to answer how anxious the blood test makes them, how well they feel able to cope with the blood test and how painful they found the blood test. Patients will also be asked to observe how anxious they think their child is during the blood tests. At the end of the study period the patient and their parent found the overall experience of having regular blood tests.
REC name
London - Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/0157
Date of REC Opinion
1 Feb 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion