Can presence of a dog reduce pain and distress in children during venipuncture?

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 89-95

  Vagnoli, Laura ^a   Caprilli, Simona ^a   Vernucci, Chiara ^a   Zagni, Silvia ^a   Mugnai, Francesca ^a   Messeri, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHLEBOTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84925368046     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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