The Effect of Two Method to Reducing Pain and Fear During Draw Blood From Children

Selcuk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Child, Only; Pain Management; Pain, Procedural

Treatments: Procedure: Bubble blowing method

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05064657

SelcukU-01-2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of two different distraction methods on reducing pain and fear during blood collection from children.

The study was conducted between January 2020 and May 2021.

Full description

The study was a pretest-posttest, parallel group randomized controlled experimental design.

H0: The pain and fear mean scores of the intervention group, in which the distraction method (ball squeezing and blowing bubbles) was applied during the blood collection process, was not different from the control group.

The study was carried out with the participation of 111 children aged 6-12 years and their parents, who underwent blood collection in the emergency department of a state hospital.

Children were randomly assigned to blowing bubbles (n:37), ball squeezing (n:37) and control (n:37) groups. Bubble blowing and ball squeezing methods were used to distract attention during the blood collection process. Data were collected with Child and Family Information Form, Wong Baker Faces Pain Scale, Child Fear Scale. Pretest and posttest measurements were recorded separately by the child, parent and researcher. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, one-way analysis of variance, Tamhane's T2 test, t test for dependent groups were used in the analysis of the data. The statistical significance of the results was taken as p<0,05

Enrollment: 111 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being between the ages of 6-12
• The child's willingness to voluntarily participate in the study
• Parent's willingness to participate in the study voluntarily
• Parent and child can speak Turkish

Exclusion criteria

• The child has a disease that causes chronic pain
• The child has a hearing or visual impairment
• The child has a mental or neurological disability
• The child has used drugs that will create an analgesic effect in the last 24 hours before the application

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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111 participants in 3 patient groups

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental Group (ball squeezing) The group were used a ball squeezing method during the blood collection process. The children were given a ball during the blood draw and told to tighten and loosen it.

Treatment:

Procedure: Bubble blowing method

Active Comparator

Active Comparator group

Description:

Active Comparator ( bubble blowing) The group were used a bubble blowing method during the blood collection process. During the blood collection process, the children were asked to blow bubbles by giving the apparatus inside the foam bubble to their free arm.

Treatment:

Procedure: Bubble blowing method

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention