To Look or Not to Look? Pilot Study of the Effectiveness of a Simple Psychological Intervention in Reducing Vaccination Pain and Fear in Adult
试验速览
- 阶段
- 3 期
- 入组人数
- 160
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Pain
研究概览
简要总结
It is common for people to advise individuals undergoing vaccination to look away from the needle to make them hurt less and be less scary. However, this advice is not backed up by research evidence. the purpose of this study is to learn about how looking away vs. looking at the needle during vaccination makes people feel. People will be randomized to 1 of 2 groups: look at the needle, look away. Then they will undergo vaccination and report on pain and fear experienced.
详细描述
It is common for people to advise individuals undergoing vaccination to look away from the needle to make them hurt less and be less scary. However, this advice is not backed up by experimental research evidence. It is possible that looking away acts as a distraction and takes attention away from the needle, thus reducing pain. However, it is also possible that looking at the needle is better because it prevents people's imaginations from making them think it is worse than it actually is. To our knowledge, this is the first first randomized study to examine the effect of looking away vs. looking at the needle on pain and fear experienced during vaccinations. Adult university students undergoing routine flu vaccination will be included.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Toronto's Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy undergoing flu vaccination
排除标准
- •less than 18 years of age or prior participation in the trial
结局指标
主要结局
Pain
时间窗: immediately after vaccination (<5 minutes)
self-reported pain assessed after vaccination using a numerical rating scale (0-10)
Fear
时间窗: immediately after vaccination (<5 minutes)
self-reported fear assessed after vaccination using a numerical rating scale (0-10)
次要结局
- Preferences of participants(immediately after vaccination (<5 minutes))
- Recruitment rate(before vaccination (1 day to 4 weeks))
- Attrition of participants(immediately after vaccination)
- Feasibility of recruitment of subjects in the 2 study strata (i.e., preference to look or not look)(immediately before vaccination (<5 minutes))
- Duration of appointment(immediately after vaccination)
- Fidelity of intervention(During vaccination)
研究者
Anna Taddio
Professor
University of Toronto