Comparative investigation of the effect of deep breathing and guided imagery on sleep quality and vital signs in children admitted to the hospital: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigating and comparing effect of guided imagery and deep breathing on vital signs and sleep quality of children hospitalized in the pediatric department

A clinical trial with a control group, with parallel groups, single-blind, randomized, on 75 patients and in general, with three groups; randomization with the table of random numbers

This research is a single-blind clinical trial study on children hospitalized in Imam Ali Hospital in Karaj. Blinding will be done on the researcher filling the questionnaires.hospitalized children will be randomly divided into three groups: control, play therapy, and storytelling.

Inclusion: children aged 6 to 12, admitted to the ward for at least 48 hours, staying in the hospital for at least 5 days, diagnosed disease, obtaining informed consent from the child's parents; Exclusion: the presence of cognitive, nervous and learning problems, the child's lack of consciousness, inability to participate in interventions and cancer

In the guided imagery group, images are shaped through standard images and videos, storytelling and imagination, which will take place for 3 days in two shifts of the morning and the evening for 45 to 60 minutes. In the deep breathing group, after the child is properly taught, he/she is asked to do this. Meanwhile, the researcher starts counting with one hand and puts the other hand on the child's diaphragm to ensure the air flow.The control group will receive the usual hospital treatments.

level of sleep quality and vital signs, adherence rate to treatment among child

By using a randomized table, children will be assigned to one of the three groups (guided imagery, deep breathing and control). Assignment Sequences are determined using a computer random number table (www.Random.com), and in order to hide the allocation, the opaque packets are numbered sequentially.

This study is a blinded clinical trial. Therefore, blinding will be implemented in the evaluators who will analyze the study data. For this purpose, the questionnaires that will be completed by the researchers in all three groups, in the form of a contract between the researchers. Also, it will be specified with one of the English letters above it, which questionnaire was completed by the participants of which of the study groups; However, the evaluators of the data analysis will not be aware of the English letter of agreement between the researchers assigned to each group.

Only part of the data, such as information related to the main outcome and general demographic information can be shared.

The access period starts 3 months after the results are published

Doctors, nurses, midwives, researchers working in universities and medical centers and hospitals, clinical psychologists

In order to use it for scientific purposes and by mentioning the source used and requesting the journal in which the article will be published.

Communication through e-mail (if possible to share information from a legal and ethical point of view, such as sharing the primary outcome of the study) To receive information, contact the following email address: fatemeh.abdi87@yahoo.com In the case of sending letter with regard to the current study, the following postal address of the corresponding author is available: School of nursing, Eshteraki street, Takhti Park, Baghestan BLVD

Finding the responsible author's email, stating the reason, complying with ethical and legal issues; In this case, a quick response will be given to the requester.