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The Effect of Health Riddles on Fear, Anxiety, and Pain in Circumcised Children

NCT07052955 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2025-07-08

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Summary

This study was designed as a randomized controlled experimental method to examine the effects of health puzzles on the fear, anxiety and pain levels that occur in the pre- and postoperative periods in children who underwent circumcision.

Conditions

  • Circumcision, Male

Interventions

OTHER

The Normal Riddles Book

The distribution of the participating children to the experimental and control groups will be carried out by simple random sampling method. Children included in the Normal Riddle Book group will be introduced to a book containing general, entertaining riddles that are not related to health during the pre-circumcision period. The book will be given to the children approximately 1 hour before the circumcision operation and the children will be allowed to read the puzzles, solve them or interact with the researcher/nurse. The application period is planned as approximately 20-30 minutes. The children's fear, anxiety and pain levels will be measured before and after the application. During the application process, the children's attention level, interest in the book and general behavior will be observed and recorded.

OTHER

Health Riddles Group

The children included in this group will be presented with the Health Riddles Book, which contains health information and is prepared to reduce fear and anxiety before the circumcision. The book will be given to the children approximately 1 hour before the circumcision procedure and the children will be allowed to read the riddles or interact with the researcher/nurse. The application time is planned to be 20-30 minutes. Before and after the application, the children's fear, anxiety and pain levels will be measured with the Introductory Information Form, Child Fear Scale, Child Anxiety Scale-State and Wong-Baker Face Pain Scale. The data obtained from the health riddles group will be compared with the data obtained from the normal riddle and control groups and the unique effect of the riddles containing health information on fear, anxiety and pain will be analyzed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gümüşhane Universıty

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hatice OĞUZHAN, 1 · Gümüşhane Universıty

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
6 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-10
Primary Completion
2026-10-10
Completion
2026-11-10

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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