Digital Storytelling in Symptom Management Pediatric Oncology

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Digital Storytelling Method in Symptom Method in Children With Oncological Problems

The aim of this clinical study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the digital storytelling method in symptom management in children diagnosed with oncology. It will also provide information about children's experiences with Digital Storytelling and the use of the method. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Is there a difference between the anxiety scores of children who applied the Digital Storytelling Method and those who did not?
• Is there a difference between the fatigue scores of children who applied the Digital Storytelling Method and those who did not?
• Is there a difference between the nausea scores of children who applied the Digital Storytelling Method and those who did not?
• Is there a difference between the pain scores of children who applied and did not apply the Digital Storytelling Method?

Participants:

Complete the first stage data forms. Visit the clinic every 7-15 days for the digital storytelling process, which consists of 4 stages. After the storytelling process is completed, have a process evaluation meeting with the researcher.

Participants; Enterprise Group,

1. Interview (Week 1); Meeting the child, conducting a qualitative interview for needs analysis and introducing the forms
2. Interview (Week 2); Finding a digital story topic
3. Interview (Week 3); Writing a story on the specified topic
4. Interview (Week 4); Converting the story into digital form
5. Interview (Week 5); Showing the created story
6. Interview (Week 6); Conducting a qualitative interview regarding the digital storytelling process.

Each meeting will be held in 1-week periods. Primary outcome tools will be applied as pretest and posttest once in the 1st and 6th interviews, and twice in the other interviews.

Control Group;

1. Interview (Week 1); Meeting the child, introducing and applying the forms
2. Interview (Week 6); Conducting a qualitative interview regarding the digital storytelling process. Showing the videos prepared by the children in the initiative group. Application of primary outcome tools.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 7-18 years old,
• Having received at least 1 cure of treatment,
• Completed the induction phase and is in the consolidation phase,
• Children who and their parents agree to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• who cannot speak Turkish,
• Having a secondary chronic disease
• Having a second disease that will affect the cognitive process,
• Children/adolescents who cannot complete the 4 stages of the digital storytelling process.
• Children/adolescents who cannot complete the 4 stages of the digital storytelling process.
• Children/adolescents who take a break of more than 3 weeks between storytelling processes.