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During Inhaler Application, Children Were Given Stress Ball and Storybook Reading Interventions

NCT07073625 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 99

Last updated 2025-07-18

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Summary

It aims to examine the effects of stress ball and book reading methods on children's fear and anxiety levels during inhalation.

Conditions

  • Inhalation Therapy

Interventions

OTHER

Stress Ball

Children arriving at the hospital's emergency department and meeting the study criteria will be randomly assigned to the stress ball group. Before inhalation therapy, the child will begin squeezing the chosen stress ball. This will distract their attention, transforming the frightening hospital environment into a fun one. The questionnaires will be completed by the nurse and family five minutes before, during, and after the inhalation therapy.

OTHER

Reading Storybook

The storybook for the children will be selected by child psychologists. The book will be read to the children by their parents. The storybook reading will begin 15 minutes before the inhalation therapy and will be completed before the treatment begins. The storybook will be read to the children only once.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ataturk University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Zülbiye DEMİR BARBAK, 1 · Ataturk University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-01
Primary Completion
2025-11-01
Completion
2026-02-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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