Gad, R., Abusaad, F., Dowling, D., Bassiouny, M., Abd El Aziz, M. (2019). THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORAL SUCROSE IN MANAGING INFANTS' PAIN DURING IMMUNIZATION. test, 6(1), 151-158. doi: 10.21608/mnj.2019.175768
Rasha Gad; FE Abusaad; DA Dowling; MR Bassiouny; MA Abd El Aziz. "THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORAL SUCROSE IN MANAGING INFANTS' PAIN DURING IMMUNIZATION". test, 6, 1, 2019, 151-158. doi: 10.21608/mnj.2019.175768
Gad, R., Abusaad, F., Dowling, D., Bassiouny, M., Abd El Aziz, M. (2019). 'THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORAL SUCROSE IN MANAGING INFANTS' PAIN DURING IMMUNIZATION', test, 6(1), pp. 151-158. doi: 10.21608/mnj.2019.175768
Gad, R., Abusaad, F., Dowling, D., Bassiouny, M., Abd El Aziz, M. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORAL SUCROSE IN MANAGING INFANTS' PAIN DURING IMMUNIZATION. test, 2019; 6(1): 151-158. doi: 10.21608/mnj.2019.175768

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORAL SUCROSE IN MANAGING INFANTS' PAIN DURING IMMUNIZATION

Mansoura Nursing Journal
Article 13, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 151-158    PDF (406.55 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2019.175768
Authors
Rasha Gad* 1; FE Abusaad* 1; DA Dowling* 2; MR Bassiouny* 3; MA Abd El Aziz* 1
1Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University
2Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University
3Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University
Abstract
Treating pain during vaccination should be a part of pediatric primary health care around the world, as untreated pain in children has short and long-term consequences. Few studies of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic methods of pain relief during immunization have been conducted in low-and-middle-income countries. Finding a cheap and effective pain intervention would improve primary health care. The current study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of oral sucrose as a method of pain management during immunization among infants through six months of age. A randomized controlled experimental design was used. The study sample included 80 infants distributed into sucrose and control groups. Data were collected in an Egyptian primary health center. Outcome measures, including pain, as measured by the FLACC pain scale, crying time, and heart rate, were measured at three time points (before, during, and after injection). There were statistically significant differences during and after immunization (p < .001) reflecting lower: scores of pain, crying duration, and rising in heart rate for the sucrose group compared to the control group. The study supports the effectiveness of oral sucrose in managing infants' immunization pain and recommends for providing clinical setting with safe resources and education for proper administration of oral sucrose in pain management.
Keywords
Immunization; Oral sucrose; pain management
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