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NCT Number: NCT05141162

The Effect of Knitting on Mothers' Anxiety Levels During Pediatric Hernia Surgery

Regardless of the type of surgical intervention, it is a negative life experience for the child and family members and is known to cause anxiety. Having a surgical incision in the child's body and the likelihood of developing conditions such as pain, organ loss or death, change in the parental role, and the hospital environment are situations that increase the stress of the parents. Hernia is the most common surgical pathology in children. Hernias are also risky in terms of complications.

Parents' experiencing severe anxiety may prevent their ability to understand the child's explanations correctly, interpret events realistically, make correct decisions, participate in the care of the child, and use appropriate coping methods. Parents abandon their habitual attitudes because they feel anxiety and sadness. Their tolerance increases and, as a result, they do whatever their children want. This change in the attitudes of the parents may increase the anxiety of the child and make him feel more sick than he is. Therefore, it is very important for the child to reduce the parent's anxiety.

At the pathological level, anxiety requires pharmacological and / or psychosocial intervention. The main purpose of psychosocial intervention is to understand and discover one's emotions. Some authors mention the benefits of using expressive methods. Art practices are at the top of the expressionist methods, and according to the nursing interventions classification system (NIC), art therapy is among the nursing interventions.

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Key information

Conditions

Mothers Anxiety Disorders Hernia Mental Disorders Pathological Conditions, Anatomical Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Health Sciences Universyt

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Studies have shown that art practices reduce women's stress, anxiety, depression and fatigue. On the other hand, occupational therapy is another example of the use of art in psychotherapy. Various crafts and decorations are made in this type of therapy.

Most of the studies on knitting in the literature have been conducted with groups, and there is no study examining the effect of knitting in reducing the anxiety of mothers whose children underwent surgery. In this study, which was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study, it was aimed to examine the effect of knitting on the anxiety levels of the mothers of children who underwent hernia surgery.

The objectives of the study; To determine the anxiety levels of mothers of children who underwent planned surgery. To determine the effects of demographic characteristics on mothers' anxiety levels. To determine the effect of knitting knitting method on the anxiety levels of the mothers of children who underwent hernia surgery.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

  • Inclusion criteria in the study;
  • Mothers know how to knit,
  • Mothers' willingness to participate in the study,
  • The child has not had a previous surgical operation.
  • The mother has not had any psychological trauma or psychiatric diagnosis in the last six months.

Exclusion criteria

in the study;

  • Mothers do not know how to knit,
  • Refusal of mothers to participate in research,
  • The child has had previous surgery,
  • The mother's history of any psychological trauma or psychiatric diagnosis in the last six months.

Treatment and study plan

case and control group

Behavioral

randomized controlled experimental study

Primary outcomes

  1. Anxiety Levels of Mothers

    Time frame: 15 minutes after the start of surgery

    Anxiety Levels of Mothers will be defined with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.

  2. Anxiety Levels of Mothers

    Time frame: 1 hour after the start of surgery

    Anxiety Levels of Mothers will be defined with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.

  3. Heartbeat of mothers

    Time frame: 15 minutes after the start of surgery

    heartbeat per minutes

  4. Heartbeat of mothers

    Time frame: 1 hour after the start of surgery

    heartbeat per minutes

  5. Breathing rate of mothers

    Time frame: 15 minutes after the start of surgery

    breathing rate per minutes

  6. Breathing rate of mothers

    Time frame: 1 hour after the start of surgery

    breathing rate per minutes

  7. Blood pressure of mothers

    Time frame: 15 minutes after the start of surgery

    blood pressure in mmHg

  8. Blood pressure of mothers

    Time frame: 1 hour after the start of surgery

    blood pressure in mmHg

  9. Oxygen saturation of mothers

    Time frame: 15 minutes after the start of surgery

    oxygen saturation in percent

  10. Oxygen saturation of mothers

    Time frame: 1 hour after the start of surgery

    oxygen saturation in percent

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Dec 2, 2021
Registry last updated
May 3, 2023

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