NCT06345768

The Effect of the Stress Ball Applied Before Colocystectomy Surgery on Patients; Surgical Fear, Anxiety and Comfort.

Effect of Stress Ball Applied Before Cholecystectomy Surgery on Surgical Fear, Anxiety and Comfort of Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Akdeniz University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Cholecystectomy is the most common major abdominal surgical procedure in western countries. Patients may experience fear and anxiety before surgery. Stress ball, one of the distraction methods, is an effective method in providing cognitive focus. It is seen that the stress ball method is used to reduce patients' anxiety and pain. Squeezing the stress ball during the surgical procedure allows patients to have direct control over the object, increasing their sense of empowerment. In this way, it has a positive effect on anxiety and patient satisfaction without interfering with the surgical procedure. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the effect of preoperative use of stress ball on patients' fear, stress and comfort in order to determine the effect of stress ball applied before cholecystectomy surgery on patients' surgical fear, stress and comfort. It is thought that the data obtained as a result of the research will provide evidence for the effect of the stress ball, which is a non-pharmacological method used before the procedure, on fear, stress and comfort.

Detailed description

This study was planned to examine the effect of a stress ball applied to patients before laparoscopic cholecystectomy on preoperative anxiety, surgical fear and comfort. Patients were given a stress ball before the procedure, and the other group received routine care.

Conditions

• Cholecystitis
• Stress
• Fear
• Comfort

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Stress Ball	The researcher obtained 6 cm-diameter, moderate hardness, compressible balls made of silicone material in similar colors, mainly blue and green tones, some of which combined both colors featuring an Earth motif, before the study. After patients in the intervention group applied the scale tools in the pretest, the intervention stage began. Patients were given stress balls. When patients were given information about the stress ball application, they were called squeeze balls with the aim of not inferring that the process was stressful. The participants were given the right to choose the stress ball (color and pattern preference). Patients were taught to count from one to three and to squeeze and relax the ball and were told to continue in this way until the end of the intervention. Additionally, they were requested to pay attention to the squeeze ball and squeeze with focus. The participants were asked to repeat this process for a total of 30 minutes, and the researcher remotely observed

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-03-27
• Primary completion: 2024-10-30
• Completion: 2024-11-30
• First posted: 2024-04-03
• Last updated: 2025-12-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)