The aim of this study is to determine the effect of stress ball application on the anxiety level during the endometrial biopsy procedure. This research is planned as a randomised controlled study. Place and time of the research: The research is planned with patients who will undergo endometrial biopsy procedure in Zonguldak Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital affiliated to the Ministry of Health. While there are various experimental studies in the literature on the effect of stress ball on anxiety during many painful procedures, there is no study in the literature on the effect of stress ball on anxiety level during endometrial biopsy procedure (Akarsu, Kuş \& Akarsu 2021, Genç 2021Nurdina, Anggraini \& Novyanda 2022, Srivarsan, Sridevi \& Preetha 2021, Yanks et al. 2018,) In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the effect of stress ball application on anxiety level during endometrial biopsy procedure
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"State and Trait Anxiety Scale"
Timeframe: before and after the biopsy procedure(1-2 minutes before and 1-2 minutes after biopsy procedure)
"Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)" ( min 0- max 10)
Timeframe: before and after the biopsy (1-2 minutes before and 1-2 minutes after biopsy procedure)
blood pressure ( systolic and diastolic) mm/ hg
Timeframe: before and after the biopsy (1-2 minutes before and 1-2 minutes after biopsy procedure)