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To Look or Not to Look at the Needle During Vaccination

NCT02937428 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2016-10-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

It is common for people to advise individuals undergoing vaccination to look away from the needle to make them hurt less and be less scary. However, this advice is not backed up by research evidence. the purpose of this study is to learn about how looking away vs. looking at the needle during vaccination makes people feel. People will be randomized to 1 of 2 groups: look at the needle, look away. Then they will undergo vaccination and report on pain and fear experienced.

Conditions

  • Vaccination

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Look away from the needle

Participant looks away from the needle during vaccination

BEHAVIORAL

Look at the needle

Participant looks at the needle during vaccination

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Toronto

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-10-31
Primary Completion
2017-03-31
Completion
2017-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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