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Evaluation of an Anxiety Reduction Tool During Thyroid Biopsies

NCT06358612 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2025-02-18

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Summary

Patients undergoing thyroid biopsy under local anesthetic will be asked to fill out a questionnaire that evaluates their anxiety level before and after their procedure. Patients will be randomly assigned to either use an anxiety reducing tool (stress balls in each hand) to take their mind off the procedure or will not receive an anxiety reducing tool.

Conditions

  • Anxiety State

Interventions

OTHER

Stress Balls

Patients in the experimental arm will receive a foam stress ball to squeeze during their biopsy procedure.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nova Scotia Health Authority

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert J Abraham, MD, FRCPC · Nova Scotia Health Authority/Dalhousie University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-12-01
Primary Completion
2025-12-20
Completion
2025-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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