The Effect of Using a Stress Ball During Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy on Anxiety, Pain, and Hemodynamic Variables

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 years or older, * Conscious and cooperative, * Able to speak and understand Turkish, * With stable general condition and hemodynamic variables, * Scheduled for the procedure, * Without any psychiatric diagnosis, * Not using psychiatric and/or local neuromuscular blocking medications, * Willing to participate in the study (having signed the Informed Consent Form). Exclusion Criteria: * Under 18 years of age, * Not conscious or not cooperative, * Unable to speak or understand Turkish, * With unstable general condition or hemodynamic variables, * Undergoing emergency surgical procedures, * Having a current psychiatric diagnosis, * Using psychiatric and/or local neuromuscular blocking medications, * Unwilling to participate in the study (not signing the Informed Consent Form).