ArticleSudanese journal of paediatrics2021
Effect of external cold and thermomechanical stimulation on anxiety and pain during intravenous cannulation among children.
Article in Sudanese journal of paediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Effects of cold therapy on ecchymosis and pain after subcutaneous heparin injection: a meta-analysis and systematic review.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Local analgesia for the relief of pain in children undergoing venipuncture and intravenous cannulation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Pooled it
- Intravenous cannulation in a play-way manner in children admitted for ophthalmic surgeries: A randomized controlled trial.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2022Trial
- Effects of Cold and Vibration on Venipuncture Pain Management in Children Aged 2-7 Years Old: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Family participatory clown therapy in venipuncture in hospitalized children: A non-randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2024Article
- Noninvasive Vibratory Stimulation on Pediatric Pain Scores during Intravenous Cannulation in a Selected Hospital in the United Arab Emirates.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
Pain and anxiety are the most common and prevalent adverse stimuli experienced by hospitalised children. The most frightening and distressing source of pain and anxiety accounted for is due to venipuncture. This study aimed to assess the effect of cold and thermomechanical stimulation on pain and anxiety during intravenous (IV) cannulation among children. We conducted a prospective parallel-group randomised control trial in children who required IV cannulation. In the intervention group, external cold and thermomechanical stimulation was applied before 60 seconds, above 5 cm over IV cannulation site through Buzzy device, while the control group received routine care. Children's level of anxiety and pain was assessed using the Children's Fear Scale (CFS) and Wong-Baker Faces pain Scale (WBFS). Mean scores of the self-reported procedural level of pain were less in the intervention group as compared to the control group (2.80 ± 1.86, 7.47 ± 2.40). Median of procedural pain level showed a significant difference between the intervention and control group at
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