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Applying a Small Procedure Prior to Injection/Vaccination Reduces Pain Experiences in Child Patients

NCT06313788 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2025-03-12

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Summary

Pain is common among children. Given that children are not as mature and independent in assessing or treating their pain as adults, they are a relatively vulnerable group in terms of pain management and are in need of additional attention. However, there is still insufficient recognition and treatment of pain in children. Taken the procedure of injection/vaccination in children as an example, child patients usually wait for their turn to take the injection from the nurse/doctor, during which anxiety and fear of pain develop. As children are less able to manage their pain than adults, the fear they develop during the waiting time, together with the pain they actually felt after the treatment, can bring negative experiences to them. In this proposed project, the investigators aim to apply a minor procedure prior to a treatment that induces pain (e.g., injection / vaccination) to help managing pediatric pain.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Possession of a customized placebo analgesic band-aid prior to vaccination or injection

Participants will be told that in order to thank them for doing the marketing interview, as a token of appreciation, they will receive a free band-aid with a customized cartoon of their preference. They will be displayed band-aids with different cartoon images (such as Luffy, minions etc) from which they can freely choose their favorite one . They will be asked to sign their name on the band-aid. This is to establish their sense of ownership. Lastly, with the assistance of the parent, they will be encouraged to anticipate and describe how the owned band-aid is important to them and can help them cope with the forthcoming pain from injection.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lingnan University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • WAI LAN VICTORIA YEUNG, PhD · Lingnan University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
11 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-01-01
Primary Completion
2027-01-01
Completion
2028-01-01

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