Anxiety caused by tonsillectomy.
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age between 8 and 15 years Consent of the patient and the patient’s parents Score higher than 84% on the Spence Anxiety Test
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Suffering from severe psychiatric disorders Severe visual or motor impairments that interfere with the ability to perform coloring activities Inability to establish basic verbal communication with the therapist or researcher Use of anxiolytic or other stable psychiatric medications within the past three months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Average anxiety score. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention, mandala coloring. Method of measurement: At the beginning of the study, a demographic questionnaire and Spence questionnaire were completed, and after the mandala coloring was completed, the Spence questionnaire was completed again, and based on this, the patients' anxiety level was determined. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Islamic Azad University, Khomein Branch