# The Effect of Using Finger Puppets and Showing Cartoons on Pain and Fear in Preschool Children During Blood Collection

> **NCT07237074** · NA · ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Hitit University** · enrollment: 120 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Fear
- Pain

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** showing finger puppets during blood collection
- **OTHER:** cartoons
- **OTHER:** control group

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07237074
- **Lead sponsor:** Hitit University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2025-05-10
- **Primary completion:** 2025-07-25
- **Final completion:** 2025-12-01
- **Target enrollment:** 120 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-26


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07237074

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07237074, "The Effect of Using Finger Puppets and Showing Cartoons on Pain and Fear in Preschool Children During Blood Collection". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT07237074. Licensed CC0.

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