Children's Anxiety and Fear Before Circumcision

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Fear Mental Disorders

Age range

5 year–10 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Harran University

Sanliurfa, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

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.

Exclusion criteria

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.

Treatment and study plan

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).

Primary outcomes

Children's State Anxiety

Time frame: 4 months

The scale aims to measure the situational anxiety of children in the 4-10 age group
Children's Fear Scale

Time frame: 4 months

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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Adiyaman University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Ready-made Picture Template Coloring Activity on Children's Anxiety and Fear Before Circumcision: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start: 2025
Primary completion: 2025
Study completion: 2025
First posted: Oct 2, 2025
Registry last updated: Oct 2, 2025

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