Clinical trial · Observational
Medical Clowning: Needs Assessment and Implication for Hospitalized Children With Cancer/Blood Disease
Medical Clowning: Needs Assessment, Implication, and Evaluation for Children and Adolescents With Cancer Using Child Friendly Healthcare
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Hospitalized children who undergo painful procedures are more susceptible than others to experiencing iatrogenic effects, such as anxiety, pain, and severe stress. Clowns in clinical setting have been found to be effective in reducing children's experiences of these effects during hospitalization and before procedures. This article provides an overview of clowning in health care settings; reviews major studies conducted on clowning for hospitalized children, discussing evidence that clown interventions decrease pain and distress in pediatric patients; and concludes with a discussion of health care clowning as a profession.
Conditions
Conditions (5)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Disease | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Friendly Healthcare in Children | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Hospitalized Children | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Medical Clown | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Clowning for children | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- children and their parents
- description
- aged 4-18 children with cancer/blood disease and their parents
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Medical Clowning for children
- label
- Dr. Clowns
- description
- they will perform shows for children and parents
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Medical Clowning for children
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- experience and influence from medical clowning for children and their parents
- timeFrame
- 1 year
- description
- Children with cancer/blood disease and their parents would use self-report to complete the questionnaire after medical clowning. Using Face Rating Scale (1=very unhappy to 5=very happy) for measuring emotion state (pre-emotion for before medical clowning and post-emotion for after medical clowning). It can understand whether their emotion state change before/after medical clowning or not.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * aged 4-18 children with cancer/blood disease and parents of children aged 0-18 years with cancer/blood disease Exclusion Criteria: * older than aged 18
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