The beneficial effect of medical clowns on performance of EEG in young children: a randomized controlled study.

Abstract

Performing EEG in young children in collaboration with medical clowns can increase the quality of the EEG recording possibly due to higher cooperation rates, which in turn lead to mutual satisfaction of both parents and technicians with the procedure. NCT05257096. • Performing EEG in young children may be a stressful experience. • Use of sedation during EEG may cause side effects. To avoid need for sedation various methods are used to overcome the stressful experience: Natural daytime nap, partial sleep deprivation, oral melatonine and reassurance of parents. • Performing EEG in young children in collaboration with medical clowns can increase the quality of the EEG recording. • Medical clown intervention led to mutual satisfaction of both parents and technicians with the EEG test procedure.