THE EFFECT OF STRESS BALL DURING THE PROCEDURE IN CHILDREN

This research was planned in a Randomized Controlled Experimental Research design with Pre-Test-Post-Test Control Group in order to determine the effect of the stress ball squeezing technique applied to children aged 7-12 during the vascular access procedure on the level of fear and pain in children. The data of the study were obtained from children aged 7-12 who came to the Karaman Training and Research Hospital Pediatrics Service between August 1 and October 31, 2020. The sample size was determined as 116 children in total, 58 children for each group. \"Interview and Observation Form, Children\'s Fear Scale (CFS), Wong-Baker Faces, Stress Ball and Stopwatch\" were used for data collection. In order to evaluate whether the research is ethically appropriate, an application was made to the Ethics Committee of Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University School of Health Sciences and the necessary permission was obtained. Written permission was obtained from the Chief Physician of Karaman Training and Research Hospital in order to conduct the study in the Child Health and Diseases Service of Karaman Training and Research Hospital. Statistical analyzes of the study will be done in SPSS 21.0 package program. Number, percentage, mean and standard deviation values will be used from descriptive analyses. In the analysis of differences between groups, independent groups t test, paired t test, Anova, Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests will be used. Tukey or Duncon tests will be used for further analysis. The change in the post-procedural pain level of children according to some variables will be evaluated with multiple and simple regression analyses. Significance level will be accepted as p\<0.05.