The Effect Of Diverting The Children's Attention To A Different Point During Phlebotomy
Pain and Anxiety of Children During Phlebotomy

About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Pain and Anxiety of Children During Phlebotomy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- making a request for the phlebotomy
- being in the 7-12 age group
- having the consent of the parent
- willing to participate in the research
- with the history of invasive procedure
- not using any medication with analgesic effect in the last 12 hours
- without any communication barriers of either child or the parent
- with a normal level of consciousness during the process
- without the history of passing out during the phlebotomy
Exclusion Criteria:
- not being in the 7-12 age group
- not having the consent of the parent
- not willing to participate in the research
- without the history of invasive procedure
- had medication with analgesic effect in the last 12 hours
- with communication barriers of either child or the parent
- with an abnormal level of consciousness during the process
- with the history of passing out during the phlebotomy
Sites / Locations
- Manavgat State Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Equipment Intervention Group
No Intervention Group
The intervention group had equipment that looks like a blood tube in front of them during the blood collection process to divert their attention from the blood collection process to the equipment. This equipment was with a fixed arm on the right and a moving arm on the left with a total height of 80 cm as well as a red light-emitting diode(LED) to stimulate the blood collection. It had some answers to common questions of parents as well as the key concerns of the children like " Will it hurt me?". The equipment was made a musical device by loading the most popular children's songs into its database.
Standard blood collection procedures were applied to the control group.