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

April 30, 2023 updated by: Güzide Özden AKCAN, Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

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.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

90

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • İ̇stanbul, Turkey
        • Health Sciences Universyt

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

  • Inclusion criteria in the study;

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

exclusion criteria in the study;

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: case group
In the first stage, an information form including socio-demographic characteristics prepared within the framework of the literature and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory will be applied to mothers before surgery. Later, the experimental group will be knitted by the researcher during the surgical operation. The necessary materials (knitting needle and thread) for the knitting attempt will be given to the participants in the experimental group by the researcher. A neutral color, white, will be used as the knitting yarn color. Knitting will start 15 minutes after the child enters the operation and will be knitted for 30-40 minutes on average. At the end of the surgery, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scale will be applied again to evaluate the anxiety levels of the participants in the experimental and control groups. The vital signs of the mothers will be measured at the beginning of the operation and close to the end of the operation.
Behavioral: case and control group
randomized controlled experimental study
No Intervention: control group
An information form including socio-demographic characteristics prepared within the framework of the preoperative literature and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory will be applied to mothers. No attempt will be made to this group. At the end of the surgery, the State Trait Anxiety Inventory scale will be applied again to evaluate the anxiety levels of the participants in the experimental and control groups. The vital signs of the mothers will be measured at the beginning of the operation and near the end of the operation.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
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.
15 minutes after the start of surgery
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.
1 hour after the start of surgery
Heartbeat of mothers
Time Frame: 15 minutes after the start of surgery
heartbeat per minutes
15 minutes after the start of surgery
Heartbeat of mothers
Time Frame: 1 hour after the start of surgery
heartbeat per minutes
1 hour after the start of surgery
Breathing rate of mothers
Time Frame: 15 minutes after the start of surgery
breathing rate per minutes
15 minutes after the start of surgery
Breathing rate of mothers
Time Frame: 1 hour after the start of surgery
breathing rate per minutes
1 hour after the start of surgery
Blood pressure of mothers
Time Frame: 15 minutes after the start of surgery
blood pressure in mmHg
15 minutes after the start of surgery
Blood pressure of mothers
Time Frame: 1 hour after the start of surgery
blood pressure in mmHg
1 hour after the start of surgery
Oxygen saturation of mothers
Time Frame: 15 minutes after the start of surgery
oxygen saturation in percent
15 minutes after the start of surgery
Oxygen saturation of mothers
Time Frame: 1 hour after the start of surgery
oxygen saturation in percent
1 hour after the start of surgery

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 24, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 14, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 18, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

December 2, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 3, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 30, 2023

Last Verified

April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • anxiety and knitting

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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