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Reducing Anxiety of Children and Their Parents in the Pre-Operative Process With Therapeutic Play

NCT05540041 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 210

Last updated 2026-03-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

It is emphasized in studies that child and parent anxiety that arises in pediatric surgery should be prevented or reduced. According to previous studies, one way to reduce child and parent anxiety in the preoperative period is therapeutic play interventions. This study was planned to compare the effectiveness of two different therapeutic play interventions (bubble breathing play therapy and tell-show-do play therapy) in reducing preoperative anxiety of children and parents who are scheduled for elective surgery.

Conditions

  • Preoperative Care
  • Child
  • Parents
  • Anxiety

Interventions

OTHER

Bubble breathing play therapy group

The efficacy of bubble breathing play therapy in the preoperative anxiety children and their parent.

OTHER

Tell-show-do play therapy group

The efficacy of tell-show-do play therapy in the preoperative anxiety children and their parent.

OTHER

No intervention

Routine nursing care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Akdeniz University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Isparta University of Applied Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fahriye RN PAZARCIKCI, PhD · Isparta University of Applied Sciences

  • Emine RN EFE, Professor · Akdeniz University

  • Şevkiye DİKMEN · Akdeniz University

  • Öznur ARAYAN · Akdeniz University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-10-18
Primary Completion
2026-03-15
Completion
2026-03-24

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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Diseases

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