Psychological interventions for needle-related procedural pain and distress in children and adolescents (Review)

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Review of psychological interventions targeting needle-related procedural pain and distress in children and adolescents, authored by Uman LS, Chambers CT, McGrath PJ, and Kisely S. The reprint is based on a Cochrane review prepared and maintained by The Cochrane Collaboration and published in The Cochrane Library in 2007, Issue 3. The document structure includes background, objectives, study criteria, search methods, review methods, results, discussion, and authors’ conclusions, followed by quality appraisal, support sources, references, tables, analyses, comparisons, and index terms.

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Pages76

Reading Time27 min

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Abstract

Plain language summary

Background

Objectives

Criteria for considering studies for this review

Search methods for identification of studies

Methods of the review

Description of studies

Methodological quality

Results

Discussion

Authors’ conclusions

Potential conflict of interest

Acknowledgements

Sources of support

References

Tables

Characteristics of included studies

Characteristics of excluded studies

Additional tables

Analyses

Comparisons

Index terms

Psychological interventions for needle-related procedural pain and distress in children and adolescents (Review) Uman LS, Chambers CT, McGrath PJ, Kisely S This is a reprint ofa Cochrane review, prepared and maintained by The Cochrane Collaboration and published in The Cochrane Library 2007, Issue 3 [http://www.thecochranelibrary.com](http://www.thecochranelibrary.com) Psychological interventions for needle-related procedural pain and distress in children and adolescents (Review) 1 Copyright © 2007 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERING STUDIES FOR THIS REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SEARCH METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF STUDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 METHODS OF THE REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 DESCRIPTION OF STUDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 METHODOLOGICAL QUALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 DISCUSSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 AUTHORS’ CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 SOURCES OF SUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Characteristics of included studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Characteristics of excluded studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 ADDITIONAL TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Table 01 . De􀀌nitions of Medical Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Table 02 . Distraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Table 03 . Information / Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Table 04 . Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Table 05. Virtual Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Table 06 . Memory Alteration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Table 07 . Combined Cognitive-Behavioural Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Table 08 . Nurse Coaching + Distraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Table 09 . Parent Coaching + Distraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Table 10 . Parent Positioning + Distraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Table 11. Videotape Modeling + Parent Coaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Table 12 . Suggestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Table 13 . Blowing Out Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Table 14 . Distraction + Suggestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Table 15 . Filmed Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Table 16 . Sensitivity Analyses-Distraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Table 17 . Sensitivity Analyse s-In

FAQs

What is the focus of this Cochrane review?

It focuses on psychological interventions for needle-related procedural pain and distress in children and adolescents.

Who prepared and published the review, and when?

It is a reprint of a Cochrane review prepared and maintained by The Cochrane Collaboration and published in The Cochrane Library in 2007, Issue 3.

What sections does the review include?

The document includes background, objectives, criteria for studies, search methods, review methods, description of studies, methodological quality, results, discussion, authors’ conclusions, and supporting materials such as references, tables, and analyses.

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