The Effects of Vibration and Pressure Interventions

Launched by ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY · Dec 9, 2022

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Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of the Vibration and Pressure Intervention for reducing pain during intramuscular (IM) injections in children.

Design: The study was conducted via a randomized controlled design. Setting: The study population consisted of children in the five to 10 age group admitted to the emergency department of a public hospital (Samsun Education and Research Hospital) between August 2022 and October 2022 and who received an IM injection as part of the medical treatment in child emergency department.

Interventions: The study data were collect...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • had no diagnosed physical or mental disability or chronic illness;
• • had no communication problems;
• • received single injection,
• • required seftriakson group of antibiotics for standardization; and received vastus lateralis muscle injection during the study.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Parents who were unable to collaborate in the fear and pain evaluation,
• • overweight or underweight children (under the third or above the 97th percentile),
• • children with any incision or scar tissue in the injection area,
• • children who received a sedative, analgesic, or narcotic drugs (based on expert opinion) six hours before the procedure on the basis of parental statements and medical history