Clinical trials: Fear
Fear of Childbirth
Online Pain Neuroscience Education For Fear Of Childbirth.
Fear of childbirth ranges from mild worry to severe anxiety and affects women of all ages. It is often linked to perceiving childbirth as unpredictable and painful.
- Trial name
- NCT07471269
- Testing
- Pain neuroscience education, Prenatal education
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cardenal Herrera University
Procedural Pain, Pain-related Fear
Distraction Cards Versus Emotion-Regulation Toy Squeezing During Intramuscular Vaccination in Preschool Children
This single-center, parallel-group, randomized experimental study will compare the effects of two active non-pharmacological interventions - distraction-card use and emotion-regulation toy squeezing - on procedural pain and…
- Trial name
- NCT07669961
- Testing
- Distraction-Card Group, Emotion-Regulation Toy-Squeezing Group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Mersin University
Diabetes (DM), Diabetes Mellitus
Changes in Person-reported Outcomes and Behavior Using the Accu-Chek SmartGuide CGM and Predict App
The goal of this controlled pre-post-trial is to test the Accu-Chek SmartGuide continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system and whether its predictive features provide additional benefits for adults with type 1 diabetes or insulin…
- Conditions
- Diabetes (DM), Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
- Trial name
- NCT07814508
- Testing
- SmartGuide CGM with Predictive Features
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 89 people
- Sponsor
- FIDAM RDC
Anxiety, Surgical Fear
Effects of Preoperative Virtual Reality on Surgical Fear and Anxiety in Patients
Preoperative fear and anxiety are common among patients undergoing orthopedic surgery and may adversely affect perioperative outcomes.
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Surgical Fear, Surgical Fear Scale
- Trial name
- NCT07878039
- Testing
- Virtual Reality (VR) Distraction
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- Karabuk University
Chronic Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain
Multicomponent Exercise and Pain Science Education for Fall Prevention in Older Adults With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain (MovePainFall)
Chronic musculoskeletal pain is common in older adults and is associated with reduced mobility, loss of function, poorer quality of life, fear of movement, fear of falling and a higher risk of falls.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain, Accidental Falls, Fear of Falling
- Trial name
- MovePainFall (NCT07889024)
- Testing
- MovePainFall multicomponent exercise programme, Pain science and fall-prevention education
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Fear of Childbirth, Pregnancy
Mindfulness Psychoeducation Based on Transtheoretical Model for Fear of Childbirth
Childbirth is a significant life event with important physical and psychological effects on pregnant women. Due to uncertainty during pregnancy, many women experience fear of childbirth.
- Trial name
- NCT07624253
- Testing
- Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Nigde Omer Halisdemir University
Dental Anxiety, Dental Fear
Dental Anxiety in Children Attending Emergency Versus Routine Dental Care
The goal of this observational study is to learn whether children who come to a pediatric dental emergency clinic have higher dental anxiety than children who come for routine dental care.
- Trial name
- NCT07882914
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Social Anxiety Disorder, Social Fear
Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS)Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
This clinical trial aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) in patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD).
- Trial name
- taVNS (NCT07772401)
- Testing
- taVNS
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine
Fear, Stress
Epi-Genetic Modulators of Fear Extinction in Alcohol Dependence
Background: Researchers want to learn if people with alcohol dependence have more difficulty learning to feel calm, or learn to fear things more easily.
- Conditions
- Fear, Stress, Alcohol Dependence
- Trial name
- NCT02438969
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Fear
Opioids and Social Support Enhanced Extinction Effects
University of California, Los Angeles researchers will recruit healthy participants (age 18-35) to participate in a study examining whether the administration of naltrexone, an opioid antagonist, eliminates the ability of social…
- Trial name
- SSO (NCT04166071)
- Testing
- Naltrexone
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Fear, Anxiety
Social Support and Reduced Fear Acquisition
University of California, Los Angeles researchers will recruit healthy participants and anxious participants (those diagnosed with social anxiety disorder) age 18-55 years old to participate in a study examining whether the…
- Trial name
- NCT04564976
- Testing
- Social support image
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Fear, Anxiety
Social Support and Enhanced Fear Extinction
University of California, Los Angeles researchers will recruit healthy participants and anxious participants (those diagnosed with social anxiety disorder) age 18-55 years old to participate in a study examining whether the…
- Trial name
- NCT04565041
- Testing
- Social Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Anxiety, Fear
The Effect of a Stress Ball Applied Before Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery
This study was designed as a randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of a stress ball applied before retrograde intrarenal surgery on patients' anxiety levels, surgical fear, and hemodynamic parameters.
- Trial name
- Stressball (NCT07507656)
- Testing
- stress ball
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Mersin University
Anxiety, Fear
Effectiveness of Multisensoral Nature-based Intervention in Hospitalized Children During Venous Blood Sampling
This randomized controlled trial (RCT) study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of multisensoral nature-based intervention compare to standard care in relieving anxiety, fear and pain in hospitalized child aged 5 to 9 years and…
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Fear, Pain, Satifaction
- Trial name
- NCT05494684
- Testing
- Multisensoral Nature-based Intervention
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oulu
Insomnia Due to Anxiety and Fear
The Impact of Attentive System on Sleep Reactivity
Sleep Reactivity is defined as the degree to which a given amount of stress disrupts the sleep system, and it is consistent over time and across different type of stimuli.
- Trial name
- SREEG (NCT06694818)
- Testing
- trauma film paradigm
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
Anxiety and Fear, PTSD
K08 VR Fear Conditioning
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how people respond to fear-related experiences in a virtual reality (VR) environment.
- Conditions
- Anxiety and Fear, PTSD, Veteran
- Trial name
- NCT07216222
- Testing
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Forearm Fractures, Procedural Anxiety
Virtual Reality-Assisted Cast Application in Children With Forearm Fractures
This prospective randomized controlled trial will evaluate whether virtual reality can reduce procedural distress in children undergoing cast application for forearm fractures.
- Conditions
- Forearm Fractures, Procedural Anxiety, Doctor-Related Fear
- Trial name
- VR-CAST (NCT07683715)
- Testing
- Virtual Reality-Based Educational Animation, Standard Care
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 158 people
- Sponsor
- Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City Hospital
Pregnancy, Climate Change Anxiety
Climate Change Education Based on the IMB Model for Pregnant Women
Climate change can affect the health of pregnant women and their babies, for example through extreme heat and air pollution. Many pregnant women worry about these effects but do not know how to protect themselves.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Climate Change Anxiety, Risk Perception, Fear of Childbirth
- Trial name
- NCT07871032
- Testing
- IMB-Based Climate Change Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cukurova University
Procedural Pain Relief, Virtual Reality
AI-Generated Video Distraction Via Virtual Reality for Fear and Pain During Pediatric Circumcision
This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effect of artificial intelligence-generated video distraction delivered via virtual reality on procedural fear and pain in children undergoing circumcision.
- Conditions
- Procedural Pain Relief, Virtual Reality, Fear, Child
- Trial name
- NCT07824427
- Testing
- AI-Generated Video Distraction via Virtual Reality
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yuzuncu Yil University
Injection Fear, Injection Pain Prevention
Does Ethyl Chloride Spray Work?
A procedure frequently performed by orthopaedic providers is the administration of corticosteroid injections for the management of various soft tissues and joint-related conditions, such as osteoarthritis, tendinitis, carpal…
- Conditions
- Injection Fear, Injection Pain Prevention, Injection Complication
- Trial name
- NCT06651788
- Testing
- Ethyl Chloride, Cold Saline Spray
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 246 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago