The Effect of Therapeutic Play on Anxiety and Fear Levels in Children With Diabetes

"Children will be asked to fill in the Child Patient Identification Form, State Anxiety Scale in Children and Child Fear Scale 30 minutes before insulin treatment. Before the insulin treatment, the children in the experimental group will have their blood glucose measured and insulin administered on a doll using the therapeutic play method. The child will be told that the doll is hospitalized with a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes and will be expected to assume the role of a nurse to administer insulin to the doll. Then, the steps of blood glucose measurement and insulin treatment (subcutaneous) will be explained to the child and the child will be asked to administer insulin to the baby. Within 10 minutes after subcutaneous insulin treatment, the child will be asked to fill out the State Anxiety Scale in Children and Child Fear Scale."