Children's Anxiety and Fear Before Circumcision

NCT07203820 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HRÜ/24.21.05
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study was planned as a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effect of ready-made picture template coloring activity on children's anxiety and fear before circumcision. Data is planned to be collected between November 2024 and February 2025 with children between the ages of 5-10 who are planned to be circumcised in a hospital in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. The study consists of painting and control groups. The group in which the participants will be included will be determined by the stratified randomization method. The anxiety status of the children in the painting and control groups will be evaluated using the Children's State Anxiety (CSA) and their fears will be evaluated using the Children's Fear Scale (CFS) based on the reports of both the mother and the child before and after painting. Data collection will be completed before the child is circumcised.

Conditions

Anxiety; Fear

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Children's State Anxiety

  The scale aims to measure the situational anxiety of children in the 4-10 age group

  4 months

• Children's Fear Scale

  The scale, which evaluates children's odors with photographs containing facial muscle changes, can be used by children, families, or researchers

  4 months

Study Arms (2)

Ready-Made Picture Template Painting Activity

EXPERIMENTAL

The child will be asked to go to the child with the ready-made picture template and coloring pencils and color the given picture with the colors they want.

Behavioral: Ready-Made Picture Template Painting Activity

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

No procedures other than routine procedures performed in the hospital will be applied to the children in this group

Interventions

Ready-Made Picture Template Painting Activity BEHAVIORAL

The purpose of the study will be explained to the children and their parents before the painting process and verbal and written consent will be obtained from the parents who agree to participate in the study. The child will be asked to go to the child with the ready-made picture template and coloring pencils and color the given picture with the colors they want. Children's anxiety will be assessed using the Children's State Anxiety (CSA) and their fears will be assessed using the Children's Fear Scale (CFS) based on both mother's and child's reports before painting and after the painting process is completed (half an hour after the first measurement).

Ready-Made Picture Template Painting Activity

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 10 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Boys circumcised in Turkey
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children between the ages of 5-10,
• who are planned to be circumcised,
• who are not in pain, and
• whose parents approve of participating in the study will be included in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Children with mental retardation,
• bleeding disorders, and
• traumatic experiences such as death and divorce in the last year will not be included in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Adiyaman University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Harran University

Sanliurfa, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: Randomized controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 15, 2025
• First Posted: October 2, 2025
• Study Start: February 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2025
• Study Completion: June 20, 2025
• Last Updated: October 2, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)