The Effect of Shotblocker, Finger Puppet And Balloon Method During Intramuscular Injection

Mersin University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Children

Treatments: Other: Balloon group; Device: ShotBlocker; Other: Finger Puppet group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05725551

MU

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the randomized controlled study is to examine the effects of ShotBlocker, finger puppet and balloon inflation methods applied during intramuscular injection procedure on children's pain and fear level.

Full description

The aim of the randomized controlled study is to examine the effects of ShotBlocker, finger puppet and balloon inflation methods applied during intramuscular injection procedure on 7-12 age group children on pain and fear level.

The purpose of the research and all the working processes were explained to the children and parents by the researcher.

Children who met all eligibility criteria were invited to participate in the study with their parents.

The children and their parents were informed about the study, they were included in the study by announcing that they would be in one of the four groups, and this group was randomly determined.

Before starting the application, verbal and written consent was obtained from the parents of the children by reading/reading the Informed Voluntary Consent Form.

The child and parent were informed by the researcher about the pain and fear level assessment tools and application before and after the procedure.

Enrollment: 148 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children who volunteered to participate in the study and who met the inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Children who did not volunteer to participate in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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148 participants in 4 patient groups

ShotBlocker group

Experimental group

Description:

Pain in intramuscular injection It is a noninvasive, plastic tool used to reduce.

Treatment:

Device: ShotBlocker

Finger Puppet group

Experimental group

Description:

Finger puppetry is an alternative method of interacting with the child through play while performing an intramuscular injection.

Treatment:

Other: Finger Puppet group

Balloon group

Experimental group

Description:

Balloon inflation method, the child inflating the balloon while performing an intramuscular injection.

Treatment:

Other: Balloon group

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Intramuscular injection without any intervention.