NCT06805058

Effect of Comedy Therapy on Pain and Anxiety Levels After Ureterorenoscopy

Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor Şerafettin OKUTAN, Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bitlis Eren University

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (actual)
• Sponsor: Bitlis Eren University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim is to determine the effect of comedy therapy on pain and anxiety levels in patients after Uretero-Renoscopy (URS) surgery. The hypotheses of this study; H1-0: Comedy therapy has no effect on pain levels in patients after Uretero-Renoscopy surgery. H1-1: Comedy therapy has an effect on pain levels in patients after Uretero-Renoscopy surgery. H2-0: Comedy therapy has no effect on anxiety levels in patients after Uretero-Renoscopy surgery. H2-1: Comedy therapy has an effect on anxiety levels in patients after Uretero-Renoscopy surgery.

Detailed description

Intervention Group After URS surgery, patients whose condition is stable after coming to the clinic will be given a patient introduction form, numerical rating scale, state-trait anxiety scales as a pre-test. Patients will be shown 10-minute Turkish comedy films prepared by the researchers. After the intervention, numerical rating scale, state-trait anxiety scales will be given as a post-test. Control Group After URS surgery, patients whose condition is stable after coming to the clinic will be given a patient introduction form, numerical rating scale, state-trait anxiety scales as a pre-test. No intervention will be made to control group patients. After a certain waiting period, numerical rating scale, state-trait anxiety scales will be given as a post-test.

Conditions

• Care Acceptor, Health
• Pain, Postoperative
• Anxiety Postoperative
• Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	comedy therapy	Patients will be shown 10-minute Turkish comedy films prepared by the researchers

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-05-16
• Primary completion: 2025-10-30
• Completion: 2025-11-30
• First posted: 2025-02-03
• Last updated: 2026-02-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)