Children's Anxiety and Fear Before Circumcision

N/ACompletedNCT07203820

Adiyaman University50 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Anxiety Fear

Interventions

The purpose of the study will be explained to the children and their parents before the painting process and verbal and written consent will be obtained from the parents who agree to participate in the study. 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. Children's anxiety will be assessed using the Children's State Anxiety (CSA) and their fears will be assessed using the Children's Fear Scale (CFS) based on both mother's and child's reports before painting and after the painting process is completed (half an hour after the first measurement).

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 5 YearsMax age: 10 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Children's State Anxiety

The scale aims to measure the situational anxiety of children in the 4-10 age group

Time frame: 4 months

Children's Fear Scale

The scale, which evaluates children's odors with photographs containing facial muscle changes, can be used by children, families, or researchers