Nurse coaching and cartoon distraction: An effective and practical intervention to reduce child, parent, and nurse distress during immunizations

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 355-370

  Cohen, Lindsey L ^a   Blount, Ronald L ^a,b   Panopoulos, Georgia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Coaching; Coping; Cost effectiveness; Distress; Immunizations; Injections; Intervention; Nurses; Pain; Parents

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARTOONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NURSES; PARENTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030914188     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/22.3.355     Document Type: Article

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