TY - JOUR ID - 6770 TI - The Effect of Video Game Play Technique on Pain of Venipuncture in Children JO - International Journal of Pediatrics JA - IJP LA - en SN - 2345-5047 AU - Kaheni, Sima AU - Bagheri-Nesami, Masoumeh AU - Goudarzian, Amir Hossein AU - Rezai, Mohammad Sadegh AD - Senior Lecturer, Research Center with Focus on Nosocomial Infection, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran AD - Associate Professor, Research Center with Focus on Nosocomial Infection, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran AD - BSc of Nursing, Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran AD - Associate Professor, Research Center with Focus on Nosocomial Infection, Bouali Sina Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 4 IS - 5 SP - 1795 EP - 1802 KW - Children KW - Distraction KW - Pain KW - Venipuncture KW - Video game play DO - 10.22038/ijp.2016.6770 N2 - Background The present study was designed and conducted to determine the effect of video game play on pain of venipuncture in 3-6 year-old children. Materials and Methods This randomized controlled trial study was conducted on 80 hospitalized children with pain of venipuncture procedures. Playing a video computer game for children during the venipuncture procedures was the intervention for the interventional group. Also the intensity of pain was measured by behavioral pain scale for children (FLACC scale) during the procedure. This scale was completed for patients without any intervention in the control group during venipuncture procedures. Results Pain intensity mean in the interventional group (2.65 ± 1.577) had significant changes in comparison with the control group (7.95 ± 1.084) (P<0.05). 70% of children in the control group experienced severe pain due to venipuncture procedures, but most children in the intervention group (77.5%) had a little pain. Conclusion According to the results, it seems that video game play intervention has a significant positive effect on the pain of venipuncture procedures in children. Further studies are recommended for the development of this technique in health care centers. UR - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_6770.html L1 - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_6770_0b9207f467762bf200f7d886764083ea.pdf ER -