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The effects of two non-pharmacologic pain management methods for intramuscular injection pain in children

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This study supports the efficacy of non-pharmacologic pain management methods in children and recommends nurses are recommended to use local cold therapy and distraction to decrease pain intensity of penicillin intramuscular injection in 5–12-year-old children.
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This article is published in Acute Pain.The article was published on 2006-03-01. It has received 79 citations till now.

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A Systematic Review of Faces Scales for the Self-report of Pain Intensity in Children

TL;DR: All 4 faces pain scales most commonly used to obtain self-report of pain intensity in children for evaluation of reliability and validity and to compare the scales for preference and utility were found to be adequately supported by psychometric data.
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Recognition and Alleviation of Pain in Laboratory Animals

Ana Criado
- 01 Oct 2010 - 
TL;DR: A broad range of pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies to prevent or treat pain is described in depth and the important issue of humane endpoints is central to any strategy dedicated to reduce or avoid unnecessary pain and distress, without compromising the scientific validity of the studies.
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Distracting children during blood draw: Looking through distraction cards is effective in pain relief of children during blood draw

TL;DR: Results show that pre-procedural anxiety did not differ significantly, however, the experimental group had significantly lower pain levels than the control group during the blood draw procedure and also experimental groupHad significantly lower anxiety levels thanThe control group.
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Turkish children loved distraction: using kaleidoscope to reduce perceived pain during venipuncture

TL;DR: It was detected that the distraction made with kaleidoscope effectively reduced the pain related to venipuncture in healthy school children and that some features of the children influenced the perception of pain.
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Can Presence of a Dog Reduce Pain and Distress in Children during Venipuncture

TL;DR: It appears that the presence of dogs during blood draw procedures reduces distress in children, and cortisol levels were lower in the EG group compared with the CG group.
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The Practice of Nursing Research: Conduct, Critique, & Utilization

Nancy, +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of the state of the art in qualitative and quantitative research in the field of nursing, focusing on the following: 1) Introduction to Quantitative Research.
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The creation, validation, and continuing development of the Oucher: a measure of pain intensity in children.

TL;DR: The precision and care needed to create clinically useful tools for obtaining information directly from young children are illustrated in the development of the Oucher.
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Age-Related Response to Lidocaine-Prilocaine (EMLA) Emulsion and Effect of Music Distraction on the Pain of Intravenous Cannulation

TL;DR: The results show that lidocaine-prilocaine emulsion is highly effective in preventing pain from venipunctures in young children, the group in most need of prevention.
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Blowing away shot pain : a technique for pain management during immunization

TL;DR: A simple distraction technique can be effective in helping children cope with the pain of immunization and relieve the pain and distress associated with even a brief painful procedure.
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A Comparison of Distraction Strategies for Venipuncture Distress in Children

TL;DR: Results indicate that a passive strategy might be most effective for children's venipuncture, and it is possible that children's distress interfered with their ability to interact with the distractor.
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