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Effects of Stress Ball Use on Heart Rate Variability, Anxiety, and Pain During Awake Hand Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT06742814 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2026-05-14

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Summary

Preoperative anxiety begins from the decision-making of surgery to entering the operating room and may intensify as the surgery date approaches. Anxiety not only causes physiological effects but also psychological impacts, leading to negative outcomes for postoperative recovery. Ambulatory surgeries often employ local anesthesia, where patients remain conscious during the procedure, potentially causing specific anxieties and fears. The use of a stress ball is a non-pharmacological method that effectively distracts individuals consciously focusing on stimuli. This study is expected to be a randomized controlled trial, using convenience sampling to select patients receiving local anesthesia. They will be divided into two groups through computer-generated random number sequences: the stress ball group and the control group. The research aims to alleviate anxiety and pain levels in outpatient surgery patients receiving local anesthesia, with the goal of improving patients' postoperative mental health and quality of care.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

stress ball

Stress ball: It is a ball with moderate hardness and softness, about 6 cm, which can be held and pressed by hand.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hsueh-Ling Chang · NTUH Hsin-Chu Branch

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-01-01
Primary Completion
2025-12-22
Completion
2025-12-22

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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