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NCT05478369
The Effect of Reading Story Books on Fear and Anxiety Levels
NA trial testing storybook in Operative Incision in 80 participants. Completed in 19 August 2022.
31 July 2022
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Ataturk University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | supportive care |
| Enrollment | 80 |
| Start date | 19 March 2022 |
| Primary completion | 31 July 2022 |
| Estimated completion | 19 August 2022 |
| Sites | 1 location across Turkey (Türkiye) |
Drugs / interventions tested
- storybook
Conditions studied
- Operative Incision — all drugs for Operative Incision →
Sponsor
Ataturk University
Who can join
Adults 3 to 6, any sex, with Operative Incision. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The aim of this project is to determine the effect of reading the story book, which is considered within the scope of the pedagogically approved research that introduces the surgical environment before the surgical intervention in children, on the pain and anxiety of the child. The project is a randomized controlled trial. The population of the research will be children between the ages of 4 and 6 who come to Atatürk University Health Research and Application Center Pediatric Surgery Clinic between March and September 2022 for treatment. The research sample; children and parents who are hospitalized in the clinic on the dates specified by the probabilistic sampling method and meet the research criteria, willing to participate in the research. "Survey Form", "Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS)" and "Child Fear Scale" will be used in data collection.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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The effect of storybook reading on children's preoperative fear and anxiety levels: A randomized controlled study.
Sarialioğlu A, Kurudirek F, Oluç T. · · 2023 · cited 9× · PMID 36735635 · DOI 10.1111/cch.13100
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05478369 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Ataturk University
- Last refreshed: 27 October 2022
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