Comparison effect of two methods of distraction with playing dough and bubbles making on Pain Intensity during venipuncture in 3-6 age children in pediatric emergency department and parental satisfaction

The aim of this study is comparing the effect of playing dough and bubbles making on pain intensity during venipuncture in children and parental satisfaction. Inclusion Criteria: informed consent for participation in the study; children who have been admitted for the first time; presence of a parent; lack of any visible growth retardation and inability; lack of chronic diseases; lack of severe pain before intervention; aged between 3-6 years; lack of narcotic addiction; lack of taking narcotic analgesics drugs, sedatives and analgesics drugs in 24 hours before venipuncture; lack of history of previous hospitalization and venipuncture. Exclusion Criteria: discard from continuance of the study for any reason; severe pain during the intervention. This study is a randomized clinical trial with three- groups of 90 children 3-6 years old referring to pediatric emergency department of Ghaem and Dr Sheikh and Imam Reza hospitals of Mashhad. Sampling was conducted via convenience sampling method and participants randomly divided into three groups (play dough group, bubble blowing group and control). Then the children who were in play dough group were encouraged by the help of researcher to play dough and make figures five minutes before venipuncture to the end of venipuncture process, and also the bubble blowing group children were persuaded to bubble blowing just 5 minutes before venipuncture to the end of it. The Control group received the warden common procedure. Each of the three mentioned groups were asked to announce the level of their pain using Wong-Baker (FACES) Pain Rating Scale 10 minutes after the venipuncture procedure. In addition, the parental satisfactions, were measured by the researcher-made questionnaire.

Vice chancellor for research, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences