Stress ball may calm nerves during hernia surgery, study suggests
NCT ID NCT07150936
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether using a stress ball during hernia surgery can help lower patients' anxiety, pain, and improve vital signs like heart rate and blood pressure. About 72 adults having hernia surgery will either use the stress ball or receive standard care. Researchers will measure anxiety and pain levels before, during, and after the procedure.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- stress ball (behavioural intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this simple, low-cost tool could help reduce anxiety and pain during hernia surgery without medication.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial (72 people) testing a short-term effect. Results may not apply to other surgeries or settings, and the stress ball may not provide meaningful benefit.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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About 72 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2025
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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18 years and older
- 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: * Be 18 years of age or older, * Willing to undergo surgery for an umbilical hernia, inguinal hernia, or femoral hernia, * Have no hearing or perception problems, * Have no physical disability that would prevent the use of a stress ball, * Be undergoing hernia surgery for the first time. Exclusion Criteria: * Having used analgesic or anxiolytic medication before surgery, * Being switched to general anesthesia during surgery despite planning for local anesthesia, * Having a diagnosed psychiatric disorder, * Being diagnosed with uncontrolled hypertension.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Afsin State Hospital
Kahramanmaraş, Afşin, 46500, Turkey (Türkiye)
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