Pain and Fear of Venous Blood Collection in Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Fear; Pain
• Interventions: Other: Chocolate Scent

• Registration Number: NCT05301088
• Lead Sponsor: Ataturk University

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-03-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-03-19
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-29
• Study Start: 2022-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-05-30
• Study Completion: 2022-06-30
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-28
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 126

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Chocolate Scent	Chocolate Scent	-
Stress Ball	Chocolate Scent	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale	12 week
Child Fear Scale	12 week

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ataturk University; 🇹🇷 Erzurum, Turkey