NCT07044713

Use of Hand Puppets and Image Watching and Coloring Books for Children in During Blood Collection Procedures

A Comparison of the Use of Hand Puppets and Image Watching and Coloring Books for Children in Reducing Pain and Fear During Blood Collection Procedures

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Artvin Coruh University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study was to compare a hand puppet with image viewing and a coloring book for children in reducing children's pain and fear during blood collection.

Detailed description

Ninety volunteer children aged 3-6 coming for blood collection will be randomly divided into three groups: hand puppet, viewing and painting the image, and control group. Children will be assessed before, during, and after the procedure. Pain related to blood collection will be assessed with the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale, and fear will be assessed with the Child Fear Scale. In addition, children's demographic data will be recorded in the Information Form.

Conditions

• Blood Collection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Hand Puppet	Children who come to the hospital's blood collection unit and meet the research criteria will be randomly assigned to the hand puppet group. The scales will be filled out by the nurse and the child five minutes before the blood collection. The researcher will benefit from the experiences of the child development specialist and preschool teacher before the research on puppet scenarios. In the interview room outside the blood collection unit, the child's parent will be asked to tell the researcher about the things the child enjoys and likes. The researcher will show the child puppet characters on various themes and the child will be asked to choose the puppet character he/she wants before the blood collection. The puppet scenarios will be improvised in light of the information received from the child's mother and father during the demonstration and will be shaped according to the child's wishes. In this way, the child will turn the scary hospital environment into an entertaining environm
OTHER	The Visual Viewing and Coloring Book	Children who come to the hospital's blood collection unit and meet the research criteria will be randomly assigned to the coloring group. The scales will be filled out by the nurse and the child five minutes before the blood is drawn. The Visual Viewing and Coloring Book consists of pictures that require coloring. The children will be given a book before the blood is drawn and will be asked to draw or color a picture as they prefer during the procedure. The fear scale will be assessed by the nurse and the child five minutes before, during, and five minutes after the procedure. The pain scale will be assessed by the nurse and the child during and five minutes after the procedure. The child will be shown the facial expressions on both the fear scale and the pain scale and asked which one it is, and the score corresponding to the facial expression he/she indicates will be recorded. Mothers will stay with their children during the treatment proce

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-07-01
• Primary completion: 2025-10-01
• Completion: 2026-01-01
• First posted: 2025-07-01
• Last updated: 2025-07-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)