A randomized controlled trial of clinician-led tactile stimulation to reduce pain during vaccination in infants

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 639-644

  Taddio, Anna ^a,b   Ho, Tommy ^c   Vyas, Charmy ^a   Thivakaran, Suganthan ^a   Jamal, Ali ^a   Ilersich, Andrew F ^a   Hogan, Mary Ellen ^a   Shah, Vibhuti ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c Dr Tommy Ho Paediatric Clinic ^*  (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

pain management; randomized controlled trial; tactile stimulation; vaccination

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED BEHAVIORAL PAIN SCALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TACTILE STIMULATION; VACCINATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; INJECTION; ONTARIO; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TOUCH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS; MALE; ONTARIO; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TOUCH; VACCINATION;

EID: 84904890537     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922814526976     Document Type: Article

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