Application of animated cartoons in reducing the pain of dressing changes in children with burn injuries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nonpharmacological management remains one of the central pain interventional therapies in the burn unit. VR and other distraction treatments for adults have achieved great advantages in pain relief.

Methods

A within-subject study was conducted to evaluate 54 participants aged from 3 to 7. In the control group, a standard analgesic, ibuprofen, was used over the period of dressing change, whereas animated cartoons were played simultaneously in the intervention-group condition. We adopted the Wong-Baker faces pain rating scale, COMFORT scale, FLACC scale and POCIS to assess the pain rating 5 min before, during and 5 min after dressing changes, respectively.

Results

Compared with the control group, FLACC scale and POCIS scores in the intervention group were not

SUBMITTER: Feng Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6261918 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature