Pain and Fear of Venous Blood Collection in Children

Ataturk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fear; Pain

Treatments: Other: Chocolate Scent

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05301088

B.30.2.ATA.O.O.0l 0/184

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 126 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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126 participants in 3 patient groups

Chocolate Scent

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Chocolate Scent

Stress Ball

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Chocolate Scent

Control

No Intervention group