About this trial
Non-pharmacological methods are often used as a creative strategy to reduce pain and fear in children during a painful procedure such as phlebotomy. In this context, external vibratory cold application and a marionette doll are a commonly used as non-pharmacological distraction method to reduce pain and fear. In the literature, there are studies with cold application, vibrating devices and a marionette doll in bee appearance therefor this study is aimed to evaluate the effect of bee-buzzy vibrating cold application and marionette doll on pain and fear during phlebotomy among preschool children.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
children and parents who agreed to participate in the study
children had successful phlebotomy in the first attempt.
Disqualifiers
Children who are having a chronic disease
Mental disability or mental retardation
Taking analgesics in the last 24 hours
Undergone a surgical procedure,
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- bee-buzzy vibrating cold application marionette doll
- Rotuine care