Acute Pain
Conditions
Keywords
acute pain, blood collection, nursing, children, distraction
Brief summary
Aim: The study was carried out in randomized control to determine the effect of two different distractions on pain and anxiety during blood collection. Methods: The population of the study consisted of children between ages of 4-10 years who applied for venipuncture to a training and research hospital in Turkey between July and December 2018. A total of 139 children were included in the study, 46 of them with virtual reality goggles and 43 of them with control group. Information Form, Child Anxiety Scale, Visual Analogue Scale and Wong Baker Pain Scale were used in the collection of data.
Interventions
OTHERdistraction methods
The children in the groups were distracted by virtual reality goggles and kaleidoscope 2 minutes before venipuncture, until the process was over
Sponsors
Adiyaman University Research Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
4 Years to 10 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* being aged between 4 and 10 years for the child, * applying for health control purpose, * not having any chronic, mental or neurological illness, * not using any analgesic in the last 6 hours before the venipuncture procedure.
Exclusion criteria
-having a chronic, mental or neurological illness,
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Children Fear Scale | 1 minute | The Children Fear Scale was used to evaluate the children's fear and anxiety. Children Fear Scale is a 0-4 scale, showing five faces that range from a neutral expression (0 = no anxiety) to a frightened face (4 = severe anxiety). Preprocedural and procedural pain, and anxiety were evaluated |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Analogue Scale | 1 minute | The visual analogue scale has been used for evaluating pain levels. Children were asked to mark the level of their pain on a l00 mm., Visual Analogue scale marked at one end as no pain and at the other as worst pain imaginable. |
| Wong Baker Face Pain Scale | 1 minute | The Wong Baker Faces scale is a 0-10 scale. Six faces on the cards show a range of emotions from a smiling face (0 very happy/no pain) to a crying face (10 'hurts worst'). |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed