Amigurumi toys soothe Kids' fear during blood tests
NCT ID NCT06746506
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether playing with a soft amigurumi toy during blood collection can reduce pain and fear in children aged 4 to 6. It included 96 children in a pediatric emergency department. Researchers measured pain and fear using simple face scales. The goal is to find a gentle, non-drug way to help kids cope with medical procedures.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Amigurumi toy (a soft, anti-allergic yarn toy used during blood collection)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, drug-free way to reduce pain and fear in young children during blood draws.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with 96 children, so results may not apply to all kids or settings. The effect may be modest and not change standard care.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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96 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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4 to 6 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Children aged 4-6, * Those who applied to the hospital as outpatients due to an acute illness, * Those who were rated as yellow triage in the 3-level (red-yellow-green) triage system, * Those whose mother or father was with the child during the procedure, * Those whose blood was drawn with a single procedure, * Those whose health status was stable will be included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * \- Children who have a history of sedative, analgesic or narcotic substance use within 24 hours before application, * Children with a fever higher than 38 °C, * Children with visual, hearing, language development, mental and neurological disorders, * Children with a chronic or life-threatening disease, * Children who refuse to participate in the study, * Children who are treated in the red or green zone according to the triage system (red = critical emergency, requiring immediate action; yellow = unstable condition, requiring intervention within 60 minutes; and green = stable condition, intervention should be performed within 2 hours) will not be included in the study.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan University
Rize, Güneysu, 53350, Turkey (Türkiye)
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