Impact of Therapeutic Storytelling on Fear, Screen Time, and Parental Stress Among Hospitalized Children

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether therapeutic story reading reduces fear levels, problematic media use, and parental stress in hospitalized preschool children. It will also examine the effectiveness of this intervention when integrated into routine nursing care. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does therapeutic story reading reduce children's fear of nursing interventions and medical materials? Does therapeutic story reading reduce problematic media use in hospitalized children? Does therapeutic story reading reduce parental stress levels? Researchers will compare a therapeutic story reading intervention to routine care to determine whether the intervention improves psychological outcomes in hospitalized children and their parents. Participants will: Be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the control group Complete baseline assessments before the intervention (Intervention group) Participate in therapeutic story reading sessions for three consecutive days (Control group) Receive routine hospital care Complete post-intervention assessments after the study period Children's fear levels will be assessed using the Fear of Children Against Nursing Interventions and Used Materials Scale (FCANIM). Parental outcomes will be measured using the Problematic Media Use Measure (PMUM) and the Parental Stress Scale (PSS).

NCT Number	NCT07418515
Lead Sponsor	Karabuk University
Conditions	Hospitalized Children, Parent Stress
Enrollment	44 participants
Start Date	2024-06-01
Primary Completion	2025-12-01 (estimated)
Study Completion	2025-12-04 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-02-20