Medical clowns ease anxiety and pain perceived by children undergoing allergy prick skin tests

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1372-1379

  Goldberg, A ^a   Stauber, T ^a   Peleg, O ^a   Hanuka, P ^a   Eshayek, L ^a   Confino Cohen, R ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Medical clowns; Pain; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CLOWN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PRICK TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATIONAL THERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; VIDEOTAPE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84907953040     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12463     Document Type: Article

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