Effect of Watching a Comedy Video on Anxiety, Pain, Procedural Readiness, and Uroflowmetric Parameters in Patients Undergoing Urodynamic Testing

This study aims to determine the effects of watching a comedy video on anxiety, pain, procedural readiness, and uroflowmetric parameters in patients undergoing urodynamic testing. The study is designed as a prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial.

Data will be collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Form, State Anxiety Inventory (SAI), Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Procedural Readiness Form, and Uroflowmetric Parameters Monitoring Form.

Upon admission to the urodynamic unit, all participants will complete the Descriptive Characteristics Form, State Anxiety Inventory, and Procedural Readiness Form under the supervision of researcher GB.

Participants assigned to the control group will receive the institution's standard pre-procedural care. As part of routine clinical practice, patients will wait in the designated waiting area until their scheduled procedure time. When called to the urodynamic unit, they will receive the standard pre-procedural information routinely provided by the clinic. Patients will then be asked to remove their clothing and assume the appropriate position for the procedure. Urodynamic catheters will be inserted according to the institutional protocol, and the urodynamic examination will be performed. During the procedure, bladder filling and voiding functions will be evaluated. After completion of the examination, the catheters will be removed, and patients will be discharged according to routine clinical practice.

Participants assigned to the intervention group will watch a 15-minute comedy video on a tablet computer immediately before the urodynamic procedure under the supervision of researcher EKD. The video will be viewed in the patient's room under the supervision of a healthcare professional. The video material will consist of scenes carefully selected by the researchers to exclude violence, insults, profanity, sexual content, discrimination, or intense conflict that might evoke negative emotional responses. The selection of the video content will also consider cultural appropriateness, comprehensibility, and broad public appeal.

Short humorous scenes without negative content will be selected from popular 1970s Turkish comedy films starring Kemal Sunal, including Erkek Güzeli Sefil Bilo, İnek Şaban, Hababam Sınıfı, and similar productions. These clips will be compiled into a single standardized video lasting approximately 15 minutes, and all participants in the intervention group will watch the same video in the same sequence. The content validity of the developed video will be evaluated by three experts (one urologist, one nurse, and one academician) using the Davis technique.

During the urodynamic procedure, uroflowmetric parameters will be recorded in the Uroflowmetric Parameters Monitoring Form by researcher GB.

Immediately after completion of the procedure, procedural pain will be assessed using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), which will be administered by researcher GB.

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 18 years or older.
• Scheduled to undergo urodynamic testing for the first time.
• Conscious, oriented, and able to cooperate.
• Able to provide written informed consent.
• Able to speak and understand Turkish.
• Without any physical or cognitive disability that would interfere with participation in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Declining to participate or withdrawing from the study at any stage.
• Having chronic pain.
• Currently using anxiolytic medication.