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Ghadeer Al Battashi1, Zainab Said Al-Shibli2, Abeer Issa Alghafri3
1Staff Nurse, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Insights
The Buzzy Bee device effectively reduced pain and discomfort in children during needle procedures. This toy-like device uses vibrations and cold to provide distraction, making invasive treatments more manageable for pediatric patients.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Nursing
- Pain Management
- Medical Device Technology
Background:
- Pediatric patients frequently experience phobia and pain associated with needle pricks and invasive procedures.
- Effective pain management in hospitalized children is challenging for healthcare professionals.
- Nurses play a crucial role in assessing and managing pediatric pain and discomfort.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the efficacy of the Buzzy Bee device in mitigating pain perception in children undergoing invasive needle procedures.
- To assess the Buzzy Bee device's potential as a distraction therapy during pediatric medical treatments.
Main Methods:
- A quantitative, quasi-experimental study with a post-test-only design was employed.
- Simple random sampling recruited 120 children (60 experimental, 60 control) at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital.
- The Faces Pain Rating Scale assessed pain, with data analyzed using SPSS version 23.
Main Results:
- The Buzzy Bee group reported significantly less pain: 51.7% experienced no pain and 33.3% mild pain, compared to the control group (5% no pain, 21.7% mild pain).
- A statistically significant difference (P = 0.0001) in pain scores was observed between groups.
- The experimental group had fewer children reporting severe pain (7%) versus the control group (26.7%).
Conclusions:
- The Buzzy Bee device, utilizing vibration and cold, effectively reduced pain intensity during needle procedures.
- The device serves as a valuable distraction therapy, improving the experience of pediatric patients.
- Child-friendly, mechanical interventions can significantly enhance pain management in pediatric care.
Background:
Children often develop phobia toward needle pricks and invasive procedures. It is difficult for medical personnel to manage children's pain when they are in the hospital. When it comes to assessing and treating children's discomfort, nurses interact with them the most. The main objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Buzzy Bee device on pain perception among children undergoing invasive needle pricks as part of their treatment.
Materials And Methods:
The study used a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design employing simple random sampling. A post-test-only design was used. After obtaining ethical clearance, data collection was done in the pediatric outpatient department and pediatric wards of Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, between February 2020 and August 2021. Faces Pain Rating Scale for children was used to rate the pain during the procedure, which is a standardized tool. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 23. Descriptive and inferential statistical tests were done to analyze the data.
Results:
Totally, 120 children along with their parents were interested in the study. After taking appropriate parental consent and children's assent, the participants were recruited by simple random sampling. They were equally divided into 60 in the experimental group and 60 in the control group. The mean age was 8.14 (+/-2.3) in both groups. Among the 120 samples, 63 (52.5%) of them were males and 57 (47.5%) were females. The majority of them had diagnoses like thalassemia, leukemia, and sickle cell and were getting cannulated for blood transfusion therapy. t-test shows that 51.7% (31 samples) reported no pain in the experimental group and 33.3% (20 samples) reported only mild pain, whereas in the control group, only 5.0% (3 samples) reported no pain and 21.7% (13 samples) reported mild pain. About 26.7% of the samples reported very much pain as against the 7% who reported very much pain in the interventional group. There was a statistically significant difference in the pain scores between the control group and the experimental group (likelihood ratio test, P = 0.0001). The Buzzy Bee method significantly reduced the pain.
Conclusion:
The introduction of a toy-like, child-friendly device, which works on the mechanism of vibrations and cold application, lessened the pain intensity during the procedure and acted as a good distractive therapy for children.
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