The Effect of Watching Cartoons During Treatment on Children's Anxiety and Fear Levels

Objective: The study was carried out in a randomized controlled manner to determine the effect of the watching cartoons on the fear and anxiety levels of children during treatment. Method: The population of the study consisted of children aged 5-10 years who were brought to a state hospital in a southeastern province for blood collection. A total of 92 children, 43 of whom were in the cartoon group and 49 of which were in the control group, were included in the study. Research findings; Data Form was obtained by using Child Anxiety Scale and Child Fear Scale. The children in the cartoon group were shown the cartoons they wanted during the treatment. Anxiety and fear levels before and during the blood collection were evaluated in the cartoon and control groups. The anxiety level of the children was evaluated according to their own expressions, and the level of fear was evaluated independently according to both the children's own statements and the observers' statements.

The children in the groups were distracted by watching cartoon 2 minutes before treatment, until the process was over

The scale is used to evaluate the anxiety level of 4-10 year-old children. Five images of cartoon faces are used in the scale. Anxiety level is evaluated with numbers between "0" and "4". While "0" point refers to "no anxiety", "4" points refer to "severe anxiety"

it is similar to a thermometer with a bulb at the bottom and horizontal lines at upwardly spaced intervals. In the scale for children aged four to ten years, the child is asked to indicate that he / she feels "now için to measure State anxiety. Score can vary from 0 to 10

Inclusion Criteria: being healthy ability to express himself/herself verbally having no visual or auditory problems Exclusion Criteria: mental disease neurological disease