Comparison the effect of stress ball squeezing and pinwheel blowing on the average score of pain and anxiety caused by intravenous catheter insertion in hospitalized school-aged childre

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Conditions: Condition 1: Pain caused by intravenous line insertion. Condition 2: Anxiety caused by intravenous line insertion.

Registration Number: IRCT20240408061451N1

Lead Sponsor: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

Willingness of the child and his guardian to participate in the study
Age 6-12 years of both sexes
Not having any pain other than the pain of establishing an intravenous line
Absence of mental retardation or not being able to communicate and have full consciousness
Not having an urgent need to establish an intravenous line
Not having a seizure or any life-threatening emergency (cardiac or acute respiratory disease, etc.)
Not using narcotics, painkillers, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, sedatives, local anesthesia, general anesthesia, and anticonvulsant drugs in the last 24 hours
Not having neuropathy diseases
The presence of parents during the establishment of an intravenous line
At least 24 hours have passed since the child was hospitalized

Exclusion Criteria

Failure of the first attempt to establish an IV line
Non-continuing cooperation of the child in the intervention group to squeeze the stress ball or blow the pinwheel
Parents' unwillingness to continue the intervention

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
School-age child pain is measured using Oucher tool. The vertical table includes the numbers 0-100 on the left side of the photos. A score of 0 is no pain, a score of 1 to 29 is mild pain, a score of 30 to 69 is moderate pain, a score of 70 to 99 is severe pain, and a score of 100 is very severe pain. Timepoint: Before and after the intravenous catheter insertion. Method of measurement: Oucher pain self-report instrument.;Wenham Picture Test is a self-report tool to determine anxiety. Total scores will be between 0 and 8. If the child's score is 4 or higher, he will be considered as an anxious child. Timepoint: Before and after the intravenous catheter insertion. Method of measurement: Venham anxiety self-report instrument.

Secondary Outcome Measures