The Effect of a Stress Ball Applied Before Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery
Recruiting · NCT07507656 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
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stress ball
What this trial is about
This study was designed as a randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of a stress ball applied before retrograde intrarenal surgery on patients' anxiety levels, surgical fear, and hemodynamic parameters.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Patients to be included in the study are those who:
- Are scheduled to undergo Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery (RIRS),
- Are 18 years of age or older,
- Are conscious and cooperative,
- Speak and understand Turkish,
- Have stable general condition and hemodynamic parameters,
- Are scheduled for an elective surgical procedure,
- Have no psychiatric diagnosis,
- Are not using psychiatric and/or local neuromuscular blocking medications,
- Provide informed consent to participate in the study (have signed the Informed Consent Form).
Exclusion criteria
- Patients who will not be included in the study are those who:
- Are under 18 years of age,
- Are not conscious or cooperative,
- Do not speak or understand Turkish,
- Have unstable general condition or hemodynamic parameters,
- Are undergoing emergency surgical procedures,
- Have an existing psychiatric diagnosis,
- Are using psychiatric and/or local neuromuscular blocking medications,
- Do not consent to participate in the study (have not signed the Informed Consent Form).
Where it is running
1 location listed.
- Turkey, Mersin University, - Yenişehir, Mersin, Turkey (Türkiye)