The child's perspective on discomfort during medical research procedures: a descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The evaluation of discomfort in paediatric research is scarcely evidence-based. In this study, we make a start in describing children's self-reported discomfort during common medical research procedures and compare this with discomfort during dental check-ups which can be considered as a reference level of a 'minimal discomfort' medical procedure. We exploratory study whether there are associations between age, anxiety-proneness, gender, medical condition, previous experiences and discomfort. We also describe children's suggestions for reducing discomfort.

Design

Cross-sectional descriptive study.

Setting

Paediatric research at three academic hospitals.

Patients

357 children with and without illnesses (8-18 years, mean=10.6 years) were enrolled: 307 f

SUBMITTER: Staphorst MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5642655 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature