The Effect of a Riddle-Based Distraction Technique on Pain, Fear, and Anxiety During Cast Application in Children: A Randomized Study
- NCT ID
- NCT07845136
- Registry status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Sponsor
- Artvin Coruh University
- Conditions
- Casting, Fracture Dislocation
Overview
ClinicalTrials.gov lists this study as Recruiting.
Enrollment: 68 participants (Estimated).
What is being studied
- Other: Riddle-Based Distraction
Who may be eligible
- Ages
- 6 Years to 12 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- No
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the following eligibility criteria.
Inclusion Criteria:
* Being between 6 and 12 years of age
* Scheduled for cast application (upper or lower extremity)
* Conscious and able to communicate
* Able to understand and speak Turkish
* Having no auditory or cognitive impairments
* Having no prior exposure to a similar non-pharmacological distraction intervention
* Willingness of both the child and parent to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
* Being under the influence of analgesic, sedative, or anxiolytic medication
* Having severe trauma or an unstable clinical condition requiring emergency intervention
* Presence of developmental delay, neurological disease, or conditions affecting communication
* Inability to participate in riddles due to hearing or visual impairment
* Having prior cast experience on the same extremity
* Inability to cooperate during the research process
Study locations
1 study location is listed.
Recruiting site status is explicitly provided for 1 location; 1 is listed as Recruiting.
Countries: Turkey (Türkiye)
- Central, Turkey (Türkiye): 1
Sample of listed locations
- Kilis Prof. Dr. Alaeddin Yavaşca State Hospital — Kilis, Central, Turkey (Türkiye) — Recruiting
Study details
- Start date
- November 1, 2026
- Primary completion date
- February 1, 2027
- Completion date
- May 1, 2027
- First posted
- September 28, 2026
Source and update information
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- NCT ID
- NCT07845136
- Registry last updated
- September 28, 2026
- QualifiedStudies registry data refreshed
- October 5, 2026
- QualifiedStudies record fetched
- October 5, 2026
View NCT07845136 on ClinicalTrials.gov
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