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Impact of White Noise and Stress Balls on Anxiety, Fetal Well-Being, and Surgical Fear in Elective Cesareans

NCT07276594 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 168

Last updated 2026-04-22

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Summary

This study aims to determine the effect of white noise and stress balls administered during NST on anxiety, fetal well-being, and fear of surgery in pregnant women scheduled for planned cesarean sections. A total of 168 pregnant women will be included in the study, divided into 4 groups (white noise group, stress ball group, white noise group + stress ball group, and control group).

Conditions

  • Elective Cesarean Section
  • Non Stress Test (NST)

Interventions

OTHER

only stress ball

The stress ball intervention was initiated 15 minutes before the NST application. Throughout the NST application and for 15 minutes after the application ended, the stress ball squeezing and releasing exercise was performed.

OTHER

White noise + stress ball

White noise + stress ball intervention, starting 15 minutes before the NST application, continuing throughout the NST application, and continuing for 15 minutes after the application ends, involving both listening to white noise and squeezing and releasing the stress ball.

OTHER

only white noise

White noise listening intervention was initiated 15 minutes before the NST application. Both white noise listening and stress ball squeezing and releasing were performed throughout the NST application and for15 minutes after the application ended.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Agri Ibrahim Cecen University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nurten Özçalkap, Asistant Professor · inonü üniversity

  • Emel GÜÇLÜ CİHAN, Associate Professor · SÜTÇÜ İMAM UNIVERSTY

  • SEVDA TAŞTAN · Adiyaman University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-01
Primary Completion
2025-06-01
Completion
2025-11-05

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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