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The Effect of Using a Stress Ball During Vaginal Examination on Anxiety and Pain Levels: a Randomized Controlled Study

NCT06263166 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 88

Last updated 2025-03-24

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Summary

Women who will undergo vaginal examinations randomly assigned to intervention (n = 44) and control (n = 44) groups at a public hospital in Turkey will participate in the study. Stress ball application before vaginal examination will be explained to women in the intervention group. These women will be asked to tighten and loosen the stress ball given to them during the vaginal examination and continue this process until the examination is completed. Data regarding pain and anxiety outcomes will be collected before and after the examination.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* question 1: What is the effect of stress ball application on women's anxiety level during vaginal examination?
* question 2: What is the effect of stress ball application on women's pain level during vaginal examination?

Conditions

  • Anxiety State
  • Pain
  • Exanimation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Stress ball intervention

Women should squeeze and loosen the stress ball given to them during the vaginal examination and continue this process until the examination is completed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ondokuz Mayıs University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nedime Gül DOĞAN ÖZDEMİR · Ondokuz Mayıs University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-20
Primary Completion
2024-12-10
Completion
2025-03-07

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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Diseases

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