Do Vacutainers With Animal Characters Reduce Fear and Anxiety?

Inclusion Criteria: * The child was selected by simple randomization. * The child was between 4-7 years old. * The child and parent were informed and their written consent was obtained prior to the procedure. * The bloodletting procedure was performed by the same nurse. * The child was given standard information before the bloodletting procedure. * The needle used for the bloodletting procedure was of the same thickness. * The child could evaluate the pain and fear scales. Exclusion Criteria: * The child was excluded from the study if they had the following criteria; * The child had infection, skin integrity disturbance, and rash in the area where the procedure would be performed. * The child had nerve damage in the previously treated area. * The child's health status was critical and unstable. * The child had developmental retardation that prevents them from responding to pain and fear scales. * The child had taken any analgesic in the last 6 hours before the bloodletting procedure. * The child did not want to participate. * The child did not meet the selection criteria for the experimental and control groups.