Effectiveness of Preprocedural Demonstration of Venepuncture on Pain in Children at a Selected Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal

Abstract

The investigator conducted a quasi-experimental study with nonequivalent posttest only control group research design with preprocedural demonstration of venepuncture therapy among 30 children who required venepuncture after admission in the pediatric ward at the Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, India and was selected by nonprobability purposive sampling technique. The objectives of the study were to find out the effectiveness of preprocedural demonstration of venepuncture in terms of changes of pain between experimental group and control group. The investigator used a standardized tool that is Wong Baker’s FACES pain rating scale after 2–3 min of venepuncture for assessing the pain. The study results revealed that preprocedural demonstration of venepuncture therapy was effective (t value 7.09) at 0.05 level of significance. The study has implication in the field of nursing practice, education, administration and research.

Keywords: Effectiveness, preprocedural demonstration, venepuncture, pain

Cite this Article

Maity P, Chakraborty S, Ghosh A, et al. Effectiveness of Preprocedural Demonstration of Venepuncture on Pain in Children at a Selected Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal. Journal of Nursing Science and Practice. 2016; 6(2): 48–62p.