Clinical Trial: Cartoon Watching Versus Ball Squeezing During Venous Blood Sampling in Children

U.S., June 26 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07669948) titled 'Cartoon Watching Versus Ball Squeezing During Venous Blood Sampling in Children' on June 21.

Brief Summary: This single-center, parallel-group, randomized experimental study will compare the effects of two non-pharmacological distraction/coping interventions - cartoon watching and ball squeezing - on procedural pain and pain-related fear during venous blood sampling in children aged 6-9 years. The study will be conducted in the Pediatric Blood Collection Unit of Mersin University Hospital. Eligible children will be randomized to either the cartoon-watching group or the ball-squeezing group. Pain will be assessed using the Wong-Baker...