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Abstract
Introduction: Medical procedures are common sources of pain for children. Children with
chronic illnesses experience an even greater number of painful procedures as part of their
condition diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring. Several methods are reported for reducing the
pain. Clinicians commonly used distraction methods for decreasing pain. However there is no
consensus among them about what distraction method is better for reducing injection pain.
Objective: This study carried out to assess the Effect of Bubble making on The Procedural Pain
of Injection in Thalassemic School- aged Children in Kerman Thalasemia Center
Method: The present study is a clinical trial. The research sample consists of 40 thalassemic
children with 6-12 years old, who have registered in Kerman thalasemia center. The participants
were randomly divided into two groups (control and experimental). In the experimental group,
bubble making was performed. The data gathering instruments were included: demographic
information questionnaire, the investigation scale of pain behavioral signs, numeric pain scale.
The analysis of the data was carried out through descriptive and analytical statistics.
Results: The data indicated that there was a significant difference between the average scores of
pain in the two groups after injection (P < 0.05)
Conclusion: Based on the result of this study, the distraction (Bubble Making) can reduce the
pain of injection procedures in children.
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