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The Effect of a Stress Ball During Oral Care Procedures

ConditionsPainStress
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorYuzuncu Yil University

About this trial

This study aims to evaluate the effect of using stress balls during oral care procedures performed on conscious patients in the intensive care unit on patients' pain, anxiety, and stress levels.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Being 18 years of age or older,

Being conscious and able to communicate,

Having an indication for oral care application,

Agreeing to participate in the study voluntarily.

Disqualifiers

Being under heavy sedation,

Those with limited upper extremity movement,

Those with severe neurological disorders,

Having any problem with squeezing a ball in their hand (wound, fracture, weakness)

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Stress ball

    Other intervention

    The stress ball group will be given a stress ball by the researcher before oral care and asked to focus on and squeeze the ball for 15-20 minutes during oral care.

Treatment groups

52 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Stress ball groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Control groupNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Stress level

A distress thermometer will determine the stress level using numbers from 0 to 10 on its scale.

Time frame
periprocedural

Secondary outcomes

1

Pain level

Pain level will be determined using the numbers 0 through 10 on the Visual Analog Scale.

Time frame
periprocedural

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Yuzuncu Yil University

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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