The Effect of Using Finger Puppets and Showing Cartoons on Pain and Fear in Preschool Children During Blood Collection

NCT ID: NCT07237074

Last Updated: 2025-11-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 120 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-05-10
• Study Completion Date: 2025-12-01

Brief Summary

The study is a randomized controlled experimental study aimed at determining the effect of showing cartoons or using finger puppets to children aged 3-6 years before taking venous blood samples on their pain levels.

Based on the results of this study, it is thought that showing cartoons and using finger puppets before blood collection will help reduce pain levels in children and improve their ability to cope with pain, thereby improving the quality of care. In this context, the study will be conducted to determine the effect of showing cartoons and using finger puppets before blood collection on pain in pediatric patients.

Detailed Description

Children between the ages of three and six have the language skills to express pain at a sensory level. They can describe the location and intensity of the pain. They may cry, scream, and exhibit aggressive behavior in response to pain. They may think of invasive procedures such as blood collection as punishment. Before any procedures are performed, the child should be informed about the procedures that will be performed and their stress and fear should be reduced by helping them relax. Nurses should use non-pharmacological methods appropriate for the age group of the children during painful procedures to reduce the level of pain perceived by the children. In this study, I will examine the effect of showing cartoons and finger puppets to children during blood collection on pain and fear.

Conditions

Pain; Fear

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

finger puppet group

During the blood collection procedure, 40 children were randomly selected to play with finger puppets.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

showing finger puppets during blood collection

Intervention Type: OTHER

finger puppets

watching cartoons group

During the blood collection procedure, 40 children were randomly selected to watch cartoons.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

cartoons

Intervention Type: OTHER

Watching cartoons during blood collection

control group

No intervention was performed on the children.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

control group

Intervention Type: OTHER

No intervention was made during blood collection

Interventions

showing finger puppets during blood collection

finger puppets

Intervention Type: OTHER

cartoons

Watching cartoons during blood collection

Intervention Type: OTHER

control group

No intervention was made during blood collection

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• The child and parent agree to participate in the study.
• The child is between 3 and 6 years old.
• The child has no acute pain complaints.
• The child has no disabilities.

Exclusion Criteria

• The child and parent refuse to participate in the study.
• The child is under 3 years of age or over 6 years of age.
• The child has acute pain complaints.
• The child has any disability.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 3 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 6 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Hitit University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Zeynep Camkıran

nurse

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Hitit University Erol Olçok Education and Research Hospital

Çorum, Merkez, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

HititU-SBF-ZÇ-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id