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Effect of Stress Ball Use on Pain, Sleep Quality and Physiological Parameters

NCT07207837 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-10-06

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Summary

Environmental stressors, pain and sleep disorders are common in intensive care patients and non-pharmacological approaches can be effective in the management of these factors. This study will be conducted to investigate the effect of stress ball use on pain, sleep quality and physiologic parameters in critically ill patients. The study is a randomised controlled study. In this study, Patient Information Form, Glasgow Coma Scale and Ramsey Sedation Scale, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Richard-Campbell Sleep Scale (RCS) will be used to collect data. Patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit and met the research criteria will be assigned to the experimental or control group and their verbal and written consents were obtained. Intensive care nurses can contribute to improving the sleep quality of patients, reducing pain and improving some physiological parameters with stress ball application.

Conditions

  • Critically Ill Patients Admitted in ICU

Interventions

OTHER

Stress Ball Use

The stress ball suppresses most of the nerves and muscles around the wrist and hand, which are directly connected to the brain, and stimulates the nerves and muscles. This mechanism reduces the release of stress hormones and regulates blood pressure by providing relaxation and relaxation (Dinis \& Sousa, 2023; Soltani et al., 2023). Stress ball, which is easy to apply, inexpensive, has no side effects on the patient, and is an effective method in physical and emotional recovery, is an intervention that can be preferred in nursing practices (Gezginci, Iyigun, Kibar, \& Bedir, 2018; Kasar, Erzincanli, \& Akbas, 2020). Stress ball application is effective on pain, anxiety and vital signs in different patient groups (Genç, Korkmaz, \& Akkurt, 2022; Gezginci, Iyigun, Kibar, \& Bedir, 2018; Karatas \& Gezginci, 2023), but no randomised controlled study has been found in which stress ball application was performed in intensive care patients.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Giresun University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yeşim Yaman Aktaş, Professor · Giresun University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-01-10
Primary Completion
2025-04-30
Completion
2025-04-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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