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Medical clowns are known to assist in relaxing children and allowing better cooperation during performance of medical procedures.
The ability of medical clowns to improve the motivation of children to perform active tasks was never examined to date.
The investigators would like to examine the influence of the clowns' presence on the performance of pulmonary function test.
The investigators would like to evaluate the performance of pulmonary function tests among preschool children aged 3-6 years.
Overall 200 children will participate.
The children will perform pulmonary function test without a clown present.
About an hour later half of them will perform the exam again with a medical clown assistance and the second half will repeat the examination without a clown present the differences between the performance will be evaluated.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| interventional - with a medical clown | Experimental | will perform pulmonary function test without the presence of a clown and an hour later will re-do the test with a medical clown present |
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| non interventional | No Intervention | will perform pulmonary function test without the presence of a clown and an hour later will re-do the test without a medical clown present |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| medical clown | Behavioral | a medical clown will assist the child during the performance of pulmonary function test |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| length of experium (seconds) | length of experium (seconds) | through study completion; estimate 1 year |
| FEV1 (%predicted) | forced experiom volume within 1 second (% predicted) | through study completion; estimate 1 year |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iris Dhan, sc | Contact | 972546620184 | IRIS2204@GMAIL.COm |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| vers NIR, MD | Hillel Yaffe Medical Center | Principal Investigator |
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study results and conclusions will be published
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D001249 | Asthma |
| D011014 | Pneumonia |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D001982 | Bronchial Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
| D008173 | Lung Diseases, Obstructive |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
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| D012130 |
| Respiratory Hypersensitivity |
| D006969 | Hypersensitivity, Immediate |
| D006967 | Hypersensitivity |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |
| D012141 | Respiratory Tract Infections |
| D007239 | Infections |