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

摘要: Evaluated a low cost and practical intervention deigned to decrease children's, parents', nurses' distress during children's immunizations. The consisted of children viewing popular cartoon movie being coached by nurses parents attend the movie. Ninety-two children, 4—6 years age, their were alternatively assigned either nurse coach intervention, plus train parent child or standard medical care condition. Based on previous findings generalizatio n adult behaviors procedures, it was hypothesized that training only would cost-effectively reduce all participants levels distress. Observational measures subjective ratings used assess following dependent variables: coping, distress, pain, need for restraint; parents' coaching behavior; Results indicate that, in two conditions, coped more less distressed, exhibited coping promoting behavior behavior, distressed than control Although neither superior any variables assessed study, markedly 'This article is based master's thesis first author under direction second, at University Georgia partial fulfillment requirements degree. This study supported part Routh Research Grant from Society Pediatric Psychology. authors thank Marilyn Williams Nancy Jacobs, Walton County Health Center, patients families, Barbie Bushey Claude Burnett, Northeast District.