Clinical trial · Interventional
The Effect of Stress Ball Application on Stress, Anxiety and Comfort During Chemotherapy in Women With Breast Cancer
The Effect of Stress Ball Application on Stress, Anxiety and Comfort During Chemotherapy in Women With Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Study
NCT06460974CI-TRIAL-00077990unknownN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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)
This research was conducted as a randomized controlled study to determine the effect of stress ball application on stress, anxiety and comfort in women with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients With Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.85 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| stress ball | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- stress ball group
- description
- A stress ball was applied to the patients in the stress ball group during chemotherapy treatment
- interventionNames
- Other: stress ball
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control group
- description
- Standard care without any additional application
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Distress Thermometer
- timeFrame
- 6 months
- description
- Distress level is determined by a visual analog scale ranging from "0-10". Patients express the psychological distress they feel with the numbers on the thermometer; "0 points" means that the patient does not experience any distress, and "10 points" means that the patient experiences the highest level of distress
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * who is literate in Turkish, * who was diagnosed with stage 1, 2 and 3 breast cancer * who had the second cure or above chemotherapy receiving treatment * over 18 years of age * female * platelet level \>50,000 mm3 * not having any physical problems squeezing a stress ball Exclusion Criteria: * those who did not agree to participate in the study * those who received chemotherapy for the first time, * those who had any physical disability to squeeze a stress ball * Any receiving intravenous treatment from both arms, * having had a unilateral or bilateral mastectomy and having a problem squeezing a stress ball, * having any psychiatric disease,
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