NCT07052955

The Effect of Health Riddles on Fear, Anxiety, and Pain in Circumcised Children

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Gümüşhane Universıty · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 4 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was designed as a randomized controlled experimental method to examine the effects of health puzzles on the fear, anxiety and pain levels that occur in the pre- and postoperative periods in children who underwent circumcision.

Detailed description

In the study, children aged 4-6 who came to be circumcised were divided into three groups: the Normal Circumcision Control Group, which received standard care and information, the Normal Riddle Group, which was supported by general fun riddles that did not contain health content, and the Health Riddles Group, which received an intervention that included health information and aimed to reduce children's fear and anxiety levels. The children's fear, anxiety and pain levels before and after the surgery will be measured using the Introductory Information Form, the Children's Fear Scale, the Children's Anxiety Scale-State and the Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale as data collection tools.

Conditions

• Circumcision, Male

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	The Normal Riddles Book	The distribution of the participating children to the experimental and control groups will be carried out by simple random sampling method. Children included in the Normal Riddle Book group will be introduced to a book containing general, entertaining riddles that are not related to health during the pre-circumcision period. The book will be given to the children approximately 1 hour before the circumcision operation and the children will be allowed to read the puzzles, solve them or interact with the researcher/nurse. The application period is planned as approximately 20-30 minutes. The children's fear, anxiety and pain levels will be measured before and after the application. During the application process, the children's attention level, interest in the book and general behavior will be observed and recorded.
OTHER	Health Riddles Group	The children included in this group will be presented with the Health Riddles Book, which contains health information and is prepared to reduce fear and anxiety before the circumcision. The book will be given to the children approximately 1 hour before the circumcision procedure and the children will be allowed to read the riddles or interact with the researcher/nurse. The application time is planned to be 20-30 minutes. Before and after the application, the children's fear, anxiety and pain levels will be measured with the Introductory Information Form, Child Fear Scale, Child Anxiety Scale-State and Wong-Baker Face Pain Scale. The data obtained from the health riddles group will be compared with the data obtained from the normal riddle and control groups and the unique effect of the riddles containing health information on fear, anxiety and pain will be analyzed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-07-10
• Primary completion: 2026-10-10
• Completion: 2026-11-10
• First posted: 2025-07-08
• Last updated: 2025-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)