Pain and Fear of Venous Blood Collection in Children

Ataturk University126 enrolled

Overview

Nurses are in the position of primary health care provider in relieving children's pain and fears of bloodletting in the wards where they work. As a result of this study, it is aimed to encourage nurses to apply non-pharmacological interventions during painful medical procedures, to facilitate the provision of necessary and different means of distraction to blood collection services, and to contribute to the development of in-house health policies and the preparation of appropriate clinical guides and to add an innovative perspective.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

126

Conditions

Pain Fear

Interventions

Chocolate ScentOTHER

Chocolate Scent:Children in this group will be given chocolate scent sniffing as a non-pharmacological distraction method. Stress Ball:Stress ball squeezing will be used as a non-pharmacological distraction method for children in this group.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 YearsMax age: 12 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 6-12 age group, * children who need blood drawn for any reason * have no disease that can cause chronic pain, * no olfactory disorder * no mental or neurological problems * able to communicate * speaks Turkish Exclusion Criteria: * those who did not give consent to the research by both the child and the parent

Locations (1)

Ataturk University

Erzurum, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale

Time frame: 12 week

Child Fear Scale

Time frame: 12 week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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