Children's Anxiety and Fear Before Circumcision

Adiyaman University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fear; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Ready-Made Picture Template Painting Activity

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07203820

HRÜ/24.21.05

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was planned as a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effect of ready-made picture template coloring activity on children's anxiety and fear before circumcision. Data is planned to be collected between November 2024 and February 2025 with children between the ages of 5-10 who are planned to be circumcised in a hospital in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. The study consists of painting and control groups. The group in which the participants will be included will be determined by the stratified randomization method. The anxiety status of the children in the painting and control groups will be evaluated using the Children's State Anxiety (CSA) and their fears will be evaluated using the Children's Fear Scale (CFS) based on the reports of both the mother and the child before and after painting. Data collection will be completed before the child is circumcised.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 5 to 10 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children between the ages of 5-10,
• who are planned to be circumcised,
• who are not in pain, and
• whose parents approve of participating in the study will be included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Children with mental retardation,
• bleeding disorders, and
• traumatic experiences such as death and divorce in the last year will not be included in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Ready-Made Picture Template Painting Activity

Experimental group

Description:

The child will be asked to go to the child with the ready-made picture template and coloring pencils and color the given picture with the colors they want.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Ready-Made Picture Template Painting Activity

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No procedures other than routine procedures performed in the hospital will be applied to the children in this group