Trial reportIndian journal of pediatrics2016
MRI Customized Play Therapy in Children Reduces the Need for Sedation--A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Indian journal of pediatrics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05086263 (Effects of Virtual Reality MRI Preparedness), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effects of Virtual Reality MRI Preparedness
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- Pooled it
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- Improving Pediatric Patients' Magnetic Resonance Imaging Experience With an In-Bore Solution: Design and Usability Study.JMIR serious games · 2025Article
- International Consensus Statement on the Radiological Evaluation of Dysraphic Malformations of the Spine and Spinal Cord.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2024Review
- Testing a Home Solution for Preparing Young Children for an Awake MRI: A Promising Smartphone Application.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Initial Evidence for Positive Effects of a Psychological Preparation Program for MRI "iMReady" in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type I and Brain Tumors-How to Meet the Patients' Needs Best.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- The Influence of Patient-Centered Communication on Children's Anxiety and Use of Anesthesia for MR.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Interventions and methods to prepare, educate or familiarise children and young people for radiological procedures: a scoping review.Insights into imaging · 2022Article
- Safety challenges related to the use of sedation and general anesthesia in pediatric patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging examinations.Pediatric radiology · 2021Review
- Longitudinal associations between exposure to anesthesia and neurocognitive functioning in pediatric medulloblastoma.European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) · 2021Article
- Anesthesia Exposure during Therapy Predicts Neurocognitive Outcomes in Survivors of Childhood Medulloblastoma.The Journal of pediatrics · 2020Article
- Video-based education improves the image quality of diagnostic percutaneous cerebral angiography among elderly patients.Translational neuroscience · 2020Article
- A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Approach for Language Laterality Assessment in Young Children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Article
- Effects of an MRI Try Without program on patient access.Pediatric radiology · 2019Article
- The information needs of children having clinical procedures in hospital: Will it hurt? Will I feel scared? What can I do to stay calm?Child: care, health and development · 2019Article
- Parent perspectives and preferences for strategies regarding nonsedated MRI scans in a pediatric oncology population.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of an MRI-specific play therapy intervention on the need for sedation in young children.
methodsAll children in the age group of 4-10 y, who were advised an MRI scan over a period of one year were randomized. Exclusion criteria included children with neurodevelopmental disorders impairing cognition and children who had previously undergone diagnostic MRI. A total of 79 children were randomized to a control or an intervention condition. The intervention involved familiarizing the child with the MRI model machine, listing the steps involved in the scan to the child in vivid detail, training the child to stand still for 5 min, and conducting several dry runs with a doll or a favorite toy. The study was approved by the Institute ethical committee.
resultsThe need for sedation was 41 % (n = 16) in the control group and this declined to 20 % (n = 8) in the intervention group (χ(2) = 4.13; P = 0.04). The relative risk of sedation decreased by 49 % in the intervention group as compared to the control group (RR 0.49; 95 % CI: 0.24-1.01) and this difference was statistically significant (P = 0.04). The absolute risk difference in sedation use between intervention and control group was 21 % (95 % CI 1.3 %-40.8 %). Even on adjusting for age, relative risk of sedation remained significantly lower in children undergoing play therapy as compared to the control (RR 0.57, 95 % CI: 0.32-0.98) with P value of 0.04.
conclusionsThe use of an MRI customized play therapy with pediatric patients undergoing diagnostic MRI resulted in significant reduction of the use of sedation.
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