Bezmiâlem Science (Apr 2024)

The Effect of Manual Pressure Applied on Infants Before Vaccine Injection on Pain Level and Crying Time

  • Zeynep ERKUT,
  • Selmin KÖSE,
  • Fatma DUMANDAĞ

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14235/bas.galenos.2023.46873
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2
pp. 185 – 190

Abstract

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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of manual pressure applied to the injection site before vaccine injection on the level of pain and crying time of 4-month-old infants. Methods: This study was a randomized controlled trial. The sample of the study included 70 infants (35 infants in the intervention and 35 in the control groups). Research data were collected using an “Information Form”, the FLACC Pain Assessment Scale, and a stopwatch. Before the procedure, manual pressure was applied to the injection site with the thumb for 10 seconds to the infants in the intervention group. No non-pharmacological method was applied to the infants in the control group before vaccination. Pain scores of the infants were evaluated during and after the vaccine injection, and total crying times were recorded.Bulgular:İşlem sırasında kontrol grubunun (6,37±1,92) ağrı puanının müdahale grubundan (4,40±2,32) daha yüksek olduğu bulundu (p<0,05). Kontrol grubunun işlem sonrasındaki ağrı puanının (6,86±1,97), müdahale grubuna göre (3,00±2,00) anlamlı olarak yüksek olduğu belirlendi (p<0,05). Müdahale grubundaki bebeklerin ortalama ağlama süresinin (5,68±5,54 saniye), kontrol grubundaki bebeklere göre (81,67±31,31 saniye) anlamlı düzeyde kısa olduğu saptandı (p<0,05).Sonuç:Bu araştırmada enjeksiyon öncesi uygulanan manuel basıncın bebeklerin ağrısını azaltmada etkili olduğu belirlendi. Manuel basınç uygulaması kolay, zaman almayan ve maliyet-etkin bir yöntemdir.

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