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Parents as distraction coaches during IV insertion: a randomized study
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Parents as distraction coaches during IV insertion: a randomized study

Charmaine Kleiber, Martha Craft-Rosenberg and Dennis C Harper
Journal of pain and symptom management, Vol.22(4), pp.851-861
10/01/2001
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(01)00316-5
PMID: 11576802
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Abstract

<p>This study investigated the effectiveness of a brief Distraction Education intervention for parents prior to their preschool children's medical procedures. Forty-four preschool children with chronic non-life-threatening conditions were having intravenous catheters (IVs) placed for medical tests. Parent-child dyads were randomized into two groups. The experimental group received Distraction Education prior to IV insertion; the control group received standard care. Data were analyzed for two phases of the IV procedure. Phase 1 was the preparation for needle insertion; Phase 2 began with needle insertion. Experimental group parents used significantly more distraction than did control group parents during both phases (P < 0.001). There were no group differences for child behavioral distress or self-report of pain. There was a trend toward a group by phase interaction for behavioral distress (P = 0.07); more experimental group children showed decreased behavioral distress over time (from phase 1 to phase 2) than did control group children (P = 0.02).</p>
Nursing Child Psychology Adult Attention Catheterization Peripheral/adverse effects/psychology Child Preschool Female Humans Male Pain/etiology/psychology Parent-Child Relations Parents/education

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