The impact of child life non-pharmacologic pain interventions on pediatric patient's pain perception in the emergency department

Description

The purpose of this current study is to examine the impact of non-pharmacologic pain interventions administered by trained Child Life professionals in an emergency department on pain perception in children. Results showed no significant decrease in children's pain report during the medical procedure compared to before the medical procedure. However, pain after the medical procedure is significantly less than pain during the medical procedure.

Links & Downloads

1. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2645
2. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3662&context=etd-project

Tags

Pain -- Alternative treatment

Pain in children

Pediatric emergency services

Pediatrics -- Psychological aspects

Emergency medicine

Pediatric nursing

Pain -- Psychological aspects

Behavior therapy

Cognitive therapy

Breathing exercises -- Therapeutic use

Pain perception

Pain Management

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:csusb.edu/oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-project-3662
Date	01 January 2004
Creators	Reynolds-Wilcox, Wendy Lee
Publisher	CSUSB ScholarWorks
Source Sets	California State University San Bernardino
Detected Language	English
Type	text
Format	application/pdf
Source	Theses Digitization Project