Clinical trial · Interventional
Effect of Stress Ball Use on Anxiety Level During Endometrial Biopsy Procedure
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of stress ball application on the anxiety level during the endometrial biopsy procedure. This research is planned as a randomised controlled study. Place and time of the research: The research is planned with patients who will undergo endometrial biopsy procedure in Zonguldak Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital affiliated to the Ministry of Health. While there are various experimental studies in the literature on the effect of stress ball on anxiety during many painful procedures, there is no study in the literature on the effect of stress ball on anxiety level during endometrial biopsy procedure (Akarsu, Kuş \& Akarsu 2021, Genç 2021Nurdina, Anggraini \& Novyanda 2022, Srivarsan, Sridevi \& Preetha 2021, Yanks et al. 2018,) In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the effect of stress ball application on anxiety level during endometrial biopsy procedure
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biopsy Wound | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Endometrial Hyperplasia | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Endometrial Neoplasms | Endometrial Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| control | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| stress ball | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- experimental-stress ball
- description
- The study is planned to consist of two groups as experimental and control. No intervention will be given to the control group.
- interventionNames
- Other: stress ball
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- no intervention- none
- description
- The study is planned to consist of two groups as experimental and control. No intervention will be given to the control group.
- interventionNames
- Other: control
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- "State and Trait Anxiety Scale"
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: EXPERIMENT GROUP * Willingness to participate in the research * 18 years of age or older * Reading and writing Turkish * No active mental illness preventing data collection * No impediment to squeezing the ball * No emergency and risky situation that will prevent data collection during the process CONTROL GROUP * Willingness to participate in the research * 18 years of age or older * Reading and writing Turkish * No active mental illness preventing data collection * No emergency and risky situation that will prevent data collection during the process Exclusion Criteria: INTERVENTION GROUP * Not willing to participate in the research * Under 18 years of age * Not knowing how to read and write Turkish * Having an active mental illness that prevents data collection * Having an obstacle to squeezing the ball * The development of an urgent and risky situation that will prevent data collection during the process CONTROL GROUP * Not willing to participate in the research * Under 18 years of age * Not knowing how to read and write Turkish * Having an active mental illness that prevents data collection * The development of an urgent and risky situation that will prevent data collection during the process
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