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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2023

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parent-Led Memory-Reframing Intervention to Reduce Distress and Pain Associated with Vaccine Injections in Young Children.

Maria Pavlova, Atiqa F Pirwani, Jody Thomas, Kathryn A Birnie, Michelle Wan, Christine T Chambers, Melanie Noel

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05217563 (Reframing Needle-Related Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05217563 naterminatednot on this map

Reframing Needle-Related Pain: Randomized Clinical Trial of a Parent-Led Memory-Reframing Intervention

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of CalgaryRan2022 to 2023Enrolled77ConditionsPain, ProceduralArmsMemory-reframing intervention (Reframe the Pain)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Reducing distress during vaccine injections: 2026 clinical practice guideline update.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria PavlovaDepartment of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5341-2517
Atiqa F PirwaniDepartment of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.
Jody ThomasDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Kathryn A BirnieDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8223-8834
Michelle WanSolutions for Kids in Pain, Halifax, NS B3H 0A8, Canada.
Christine T ChambersDepartment of Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.
Melanie NoelDepartment of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.
University of Calgary · CADalhousie University · CAStanford University · US

Funding

Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute Catalyst Funding
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Children remember their memories of pain long after the painful experience is over. Those memories predict higher levels of future pain intensity. Young children's memories can be reframed to be less distressing. Parents and the way they reminisce about past events with their children play a key role in the formation of pain memories. A novel parent-led memory-reframing intervention changed children's memories of post-surgical pain to be less distressing. The intervention efficacy in the context of vaccine injections is unclear. This registered randomized controlled trial (NCT05217563) aimed to fill this gap. Seventy-four children aged 4.49 years (

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COVID-19 vaccine injectionmemory of painmemory-reframing interventionneedle painparent–child reminiscingpediatric pain

Identifiers

PMID37508596
PMCPMC10378095
OpenAlexW4381741490

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