Background: Unmitigated immunization pain in infants has the potential to impact long-term health outcomes. Teaching parents in the prenatal period may increase utilization of pain management (PM) strategies in clinical practice.
Objective: To assess the efficaciousness of teaching parents in the prenatal environment and its impact on the number of analgesic PM strategies utilized during the 2-month immunization appointment.
Methods: This partially blinded cluster randomized controlled trial enrolled mothers from prenatal classes at Mount Sinai Hospital. Classes were randomized to receive a presentation on either immunization PM or general immunization information.
Results: One hundred and ninety-seven mothers from 28 classes participated in this study. There was a statistically significant increase (p<0.01) in the use of one or more analgesic interventions in the group that received a presentation on immunization PM compared to those who received general immunization information.
Conclusions: Prenatal classes are a suitable environment to educate parents about immunization PM.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/42939 |
| Date | 28 November 2013 |
| Creators | Smart, Sarah |
| Contributors | Taddio, Anna |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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