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Randomized clinical trial of musical distraction with and without headphones for adolescents’ immunization pain
Author(s) -
Kristjánsdóttir Ólöf,
Kristjánsdóttir Guðrún
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2010.00784.x
Subject(s) - distraction , headphones , randomized controlled trial , musical , medicine , audiology , immunization , physical therapy , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cognitive psychology , surgery , art , visual arts , electrical engineering , engineering , antigen , immunology
Scand J Caring Sci; 2011; 25; 19–26
Randomized clinical trial of musical distraction with and without headphones for adolescents’ immunization pain Distraction has shown to be a helpful pain intervention for children; however, few investigations have studied the effectiveness of this method with adolescents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of an easy and practical musical distraction in reducing adolescents’ immunization pain. Furthermore, to examine whether musical distraction techniques (with or without headphones) used influenced the pain outcome. Hundred and eighteen 14‐year‐old adolescents, scheduled for polio immunization, participated. Adolescents were randomly assigned to one of three research groups; musical distraction with headphones (n = 38), musical distraction without headphones (n = 41) and standard care control (n = 39). Results showed adolescents receiving musical distraction were less likely to report pain compared to the control group, controlling for covariates. Comparing musical distraction techniques, eliminating headphone emerged as a significant predictor of no pain. Results suggest that an easy and practical musical distraction intervention, implemented without headphones, can give some pain relief to adolescents during routine vaccination.