ABSTRACT
Up to 80% of children admitted to a hospital experience pain, mainly associated with venipuncture. OBJECTIVE: To analyze whether the use of virtual reality (VR) headsets during venipuncture can modify the perception of pain, anxiety, and fear in pediatrics. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Open label, randomized clinical trial. The presence of intellectual, visual, or hearing impairment were considered exclusion criteria. Two anxiety and fear scales were administered before and after the procedure, and the Wong-Baker face pain scale at the end. The following were recorded: number of venipuncture attempts, duration of the procedure, and side effects. RESULTS: 78 patients were included, 38 males and a mean age of 9.63 years. In the intervention group, the mean pain value was 2.87, with a mean difference (MD) of -0.85 compared with the control one (95% confidence interval (CI) -2.02 to 0.33). There was a significant reduction in the level of anxiety and fear, with MDs of -2.59 (95%CI: -3.92 to -1.26) and -0.85 points (95%CI: -1.45 to -0.24), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: the use of VR headsets in venipuncture in hospital daytime care decreases the level of anxiety and fear in children and seems to reduce pain, without adverse effects. The venipuncture procedure has the same success rate and does not increase its duration.
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Anxiety , Fear , Pain Measurement , Phlebotomy , Virtual Reality , Humans , Male , Fear/psychology , Phlebotomy/adverse effects , Phlebotomy/psychology , Female , Anxiety/prevention & control , Child , Adolescent , Pain, Procedural/prevention & control , Pain, Procedural/etiology , Pain/prevention & control , Pain/psychology , Outpatients , Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy/methods , Child, PreschoolABSTRACT
Daily tasks carried out by nurses working at the Neonatal Unit (NU) require expanding practice and observation skills, from the perspective of professional activities. The aim of this study was to investigate physiological and behavioral responses of newborns (NB) at risk being cared by NU nurses. This exploratory-descriptive study was carried out with 33 NB at risk admitted to the NU of a public maternity ward, in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil, from December/2004 to March/2005. Direct observation of care provided by, nurses to the NB, and medical records on birth conditions were used. The most frequent physiological response was change in the heart rate, followed by changes in oxygen saturation and skin color. It was also observed that, by means of face expression, body movement, and crying, that infants tried to communicate their feelings.
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Infant, Newborn/physiology , Neonatal Nursing , Nurse-Patient Relations , Nursing Care , Adult , Birth Weight , Crying , Facial Expression , Female , Heart Rate , Hospitals, Public , Humans , Infant, Newborn/psychology , Infant, Premature , Infant, Small for Gestational Age , Intubation, Intratracheal/psychology , Male , Movement , Nurseries, Hospital , Oxygen/blood , Phlebotomy/psychology , Respiratory Therapy/psychology , Risk AssessmentABSTRACT
Este trabalho, do tipo exploratório descritivo, consiste na elaboração de um protocolo utilizando brinquedo terapêutico para preparar crianças pré-escolares que seriam submetidas à punção venosa, assim como testá-lo em algumas crianças para verificar sua aplicabilidade e eficiência. As crianças submetidas à sessão do brinquedo, tornaram-se mais cooperativas durante a punção venosa; compreenderam a necessidade e a técnica dos procedimentos; exteriorizaram sentimentos; elaboraram situações familiares e hospitalares, passando a relacionar-se melhor com as outras crianças e com a equipe de enfermagem. Consideramos que este protocolo é factível e útil; sugerimos que integre o plano de assistência de enfermagem a crianças hospitalizadas.
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Child, Preschool , Humans , Phlebotomy/nursing , Play and Playthings , Phlebotomy/psychologyABSTRACT
This exploratory-descriptive study aims at elaborating a protocol, using therapeutic play, for the preparation of preschool children to venous puncture and also at testing its efficiency and applicability. The children that attended the play session were more cooperative when they were punctured. They understood the need and technical aspects of this clinical procedure; manifested their feelings, elaborated familiar and hospital situations that resulted in a better relationship with the other children and the nursing team. Authors concluded that this protocol is feasible and useful and suggested that it should be incorporated in the nursing care plan to hospitalized children.
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Phlebotomy/nursing , Play and Playthings , Child, Preschool , Humans , Phlebotomy/psychologyABSTRACT
The objective of this work is to describe the effect of massage done by parents on the reaction to venous puncture of preschooler and school age child hospitalized. Children's reactions were evaluated through the data of vital parameters, non-verbal communication and verbalization. The results obtained indicated that massage had significant effect in non-verbal reactions, especially those related to muscular relaxation. Effects on the reaction of vital parameters showed no difference between the two procedures, with and without massage, realized on the same child.