Play & books to reduce kids' anxiety during breathing treatment
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests if playing with play dough or looking at picture books can help children aged 3–6 feel less anxious and scared while they receive nebulizer treatment for breathing problems in the emergency room.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Your child is between 3 and 6 years old.
- Your child is being treated in the emergency room for a cold, cough, or other breathing problem.
- Your child is getting medicine through a nebulizer (a machine that turns liquid medicine into a mist to breathe in).
- You will stay with your child during the whole research.
- You and your child can speak and understand Turkish.
- You agree to let your child be part of the study.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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