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Distraction Techniques: Telling Stories To Decrease Pain For Preschool Children During Infusion

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Hospital procedures, such as infusions, are often associated with pain. Preschool-aged children who are hospitalized for infusions will often exhibit a strong fearful response because their concept of body integrity has not fully developed. One way to reduce the fear of infusion pain is by using stories as a distraction technique. The purpose of this study was to identify differences in the scale of pain between members of an intervention group, to which the distraction technique was applied, and a control group, to which it was not applied. The study used quasi-experimental methods, with intervention and control groups. The study was conducted on 46 preschool aged respondents (3-6 years old), divided into a 34 member intervention group and a 12 member control group and ran from September to December 2017 in one of the private hospitals in the East Bekasi. The research employed a questionnaire to collect demographic data and used the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale to assess pain levels. The data analysis technique used was the independent t-test. The results showed there was a difference of pain response between the intervention and control groups with P value < 0.05. Pediatric nurses are advised to use storytelling therapy as an option for providing atraumatic care intervention.

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Series Title

Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia, Vol. 22 No. 1, March 2019

Call Number

(05) 610.5 (910) FAK j

Publisher

Depok : Fakultas Keperawatan UI., 2019

Collation

Hlm. 23-30

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

1410-4490

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(05) 610.5 (910) FAK j

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Edition

Vol. 22 No. 1

Subject(s)

Distraction Technique
Infusion installation
Pain, Stories
Preschool

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