Intravenous Catheter Application

NCT ID: NCT07127081

Last Updated: 2025-08-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

90 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-09-01

Study Completion Date

2026-05-01

Brief Summary

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The study was a randomised controlled trial showing the effect of watching cartoons and squeezing a stress ball on pain and fear in children admitted for intravenous catheter insertion. Hypotheses of the Study Hypothesis 1: Children who watch cartoons during intravenous catheter insertion have lower pain and fear scores than the control group.

Hypothesis 2: The pain and fear of children who squeeze a stress ball during intravenous catheter insertion are lower than the control group Hypothesis 3: There is a difference between the pain and fear scores of children who watch cartoons and squeeze a stress ball.

Detailed Description

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Explain how you determined the number The population of the study will consist of children admitted to the paediatric clinic of a State Hospital between 01 September 2025 and 01 February 2026. While calculating the sample size, the intergroup G\*Power 3.1.9.4 maximum 10% type II error rate (1 - β = 0.90), maximum 5% type I error rate (α = 0.05), two-way hypothesis minimum sample size was determined as 90. It was planned to have 30 children in each group, with a total sample size of 90.

Implementation of Research:

Groups will be formed by computer-aided randomisation. Explanations will be made in accordance with the developmental level before the procedure. In the study, children will be divided into 3 groups as two intervention and one control group. The intervention groups are "Watching Cartoon Film" and "Squeezing Stress Ball". Cartoon Group: Two minutes before the intravenous catheter is inserted, the cartoon film chosen by the child will be started to be watched on the tablet. As a cartoon film, Puzzle Tower or Z Team on TRT Kids channel will be shown to children. Children will be able to watch the cartoon they want. The cartoons will be watched on a 10.2 inch iPad tablet provided by the researcher. Stress Ball Squeezing: Two minutes before the intravenous catheter is inserted, the stress ball will be squeezed. No intervention will be applied to the control group. Pain and fear scores of the child, parent and researcher will be recorded before, during and after the procedure. While the health professional performing the routine intravenous catheter procedure will intervene, the researcher will record the data before, during and after the procedure. The investigators will never perform the intravenous catheter insertion procedure. The researcher will collect relevant data from the child, parent and researcher during intravenous catheter insertion. The data will be recorded by Dr.Hem.Zühal Artuvan, one of the researchers. Consort Flow Diagram of the study is shown in Figure 1.

Conditions

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6-12 Years Old

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

There will be tree groups (2 intervention, 1 control
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Stress ball

Stress ball will be applied

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Stress ball

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The study was a randomised controlled trial showing the effect of watching cartoons and squeezing a stress ball on pain and fear in children admitted for intravenous catheter insertion.

Cartoons

Cartoons will be applied

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cartoons

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The study was a randomised controlled trial showing the effect of watching cartoons and squeezing a stress ball on pain and fear in children admitted for intravenous catheter insertion.

Control

No intervention will be made to this group.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Stress ball

The study was a randomised controlled trial showing the effect of watching cartoons and squeezing a stress ball on pain and fear in children admitted for intravenous catheter insertion.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Cartoons

The study was a randomised controlled trial showing the effect of watching cartoons and squeezing a stress ball on pain and fear in children admitted for intravenous catheter insertion.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Those who were admitted to Toros State Hospital, Child service on 01 September 2025- 01.02.2026,
* Children aged 6 to 12 years,
* Children scheduled for intravenous catheterisation,
* Children without mental and developmental retardation,
* Children who can speak and understand Turkish,
* Children and parents who signed an informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

* Children who cannot speak or communicate in Turkish,
* Children whose first attempt to insert an intravenous catheter failed,
* Children and parents who did not sign the informed consent form.
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Toros University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Behire SANÇAR

Assist. Prof. Dr.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

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Behire Sançar, Dr. PhD

Role: CONTACT

05052520273

Zühal Artuvan, Dr. PhD

Role: CONTACT

05053834759

Other Identifiers

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Toros University

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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