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Effect of Swedish Massage Versus Touch on pain during venipuncture

Effect of Swedish Massage Versus Touch on pain during venipuncture in school age children in pediatric emergency department

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT2013053013524N1
Enrollment
90
Registered
2014-02-23
Start date
2013-09-19
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

lack of special illness.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Hand and arm of venipuncture site in Swedish Massage group Massage is given for 5 minutes Immediately before venipuncture. Intervention 2: Hand and arm of venipuncture site in touch
Prevention
Hand and arm of venipuncture site in Swedish Massage group Massage is given for 5 minutes Immediately before venipuncture.
Hand and arm of venipuncture site in touch group touch is given for 5 minutes immediately before venipuncture
In the control group, no specific action

Sponsors

Vice Chancellor for Research, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
6 Years to 12 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion Criteria: willingness to cooperate in the investigation; children ages 12-6 years old; Lack acute pain during venipuncture; Skillful nurses in venipuncture, that confirmed the child as a person that more likely can take in first attempt his/her veins in the site; consciousness of time and place and person; Lack of mental retardation; Lack of narcotic addiction; Lack of mask and no neurological damage such as facial nerve palsy; Lack of cardiovascular disorders; Lack of hypoxia; Lack of problem for massage and touch on skin surface (such as sore, burns on hands, infections, fraction of limb, etc); Lack of take effective medication on pain in 24 hours before venipuncture; Participation at least one parent or a member of family; Require hospitalization and intravenous line with prescription their physician; Lack of contraindications for massage, such as fever, thrombophlebitis, thrombocitopeni, edema, hypertension. Exclusion criteria: Failure in venipuncture first attempt; Resistance versus massage and touch; Having threatening emergency (shock, cardiac arrhythmia, etc); Burns or damage skin in limb; Lack of would to continue cooperation working in project.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Intensity venipuncture pain. Timepoint: During intervention and period of 30 seconds to 300 seconds. Method of measurement: Faces pain scale.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Pain during venipuncture. Timepoint: During intervention and period of 30 seconds to 300 seconds. Method of measurement: Faces pain scale.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAli Safari

Mashhad Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery

safaria901@mums.ac.ir, alis201146@gmail.com, alis201146@yahoo.com+98 51 1859 1511

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026