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Do Vacutainers With Animal Characters Reduce Fear and Anxiety?

NCT06345911 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2024-04-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study was designed as a randomized controlled experimental research with the purpose of determining the effect of distraction by using vacutainers of three different animal characters.

Conditions

  • Procedural Pain
  • Acute Pain
  • Fear
  • Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Experimental group

The animal characters were shown to the child before the bloodletting procedure. The child was asked to choose one of them and the one chosen by the child was attached to the vacutainer. The child and their parents were taken to the blood collection room. During the bloodletting procedure, the child was asked to focus on the animal character they had chosen.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Selda Ateş Beşirik, PhD. · Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-12-01
Primary Completion
2022-02-25
Completion
2022-03-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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Diseases

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