The Effectiveness of Stress Ball in Managing Anxiety and Pain During Prostate Biopsy

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who come to the Urology Service for a prostate biopsy, are willing toparticipate in the study, are over 18 years of age, are conscious, literate, have novisual or hearing impairments, no psychiatric diagnoses or neurological problems,are undergoing a prostate biopsy for the first time, and do not have weakness intheir hands or arms to squeeze a ball will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who do not volunteer to participate in the study, who wish to withdraw fromthe study, who are under 18 years of age, who are unconscious, illiterate, visuallyor hearing impaired, who have a psychiatric diagnosis or neurological problem, whohave previously had a prostate biopsy, and who have weakness in the hand or arm forthe ability to squeeze a ball will be excluded from the study.