INVESTIGATING OF THE EFFECT OF FAMILIARIZATION PLAY ON THE INJECTIVE PROCEDURAL PAIN IN B- THALASSEMIC PRE – SCHOOL CHILDREN

The use of intra-vein cutters is one of the most prevalent and painful
procedures, and children especially young children usually call it the most stressful aspect of their
disease, hospitalization, and even their outpatient visit. The present research investigates the influence
of familiarization play on the pain severity in the case of injection procedures on pre school age
children.
Materials & Methods: The present study is a clinical experiment. The research sample consists of 60
Thalassemic children of 3-7 years old, in Thalassemia sections in Gilan. The participants were
randomly divided into two groups. In the experimental group, a familiarization play was carried out
for 10-15 minutes prior to the injection procedure. The instruments used in the research include:
demographic characteristics, the Questionnaire of child clinical fear and the self report instrument of
Chip Pooker Pain, The analysis of the data was carried out by using SPSS.
Result: The data indicated that after the treatment, there was a significant difference between the
experimental group and the control group in terms of the average scores of pain. It showed a
significant decline in the familiarization play group (P< 0.05).
Conclusion: According to the research results, the treatments of familiarization play is influential on
the pain decrease resulted from the injection procedures in children Therefore it is suggested that child
nurses use the methods of familiarization play in order to comfort the children with acute and chronic
diseases who are frequently under treatment measures