Randomized Clinical Trial of Musical Distraction With and Without Headphones for Adolescents’ Immunization Pain

Journal

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Year

2011

Abstract

Distraction has shown to be a helpful pain intervention for children; however, few investigations have studied the effectiveness of this method with adolescents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of an easy and practical musical distraction in reducing adolescents’ immunization pain. Furthermore, to examine whether musical distraction techniques (with or without headphones) used influenced the pain outcome. Hundred and eighteen 14-year-old adolescents, scheduled for polio immunization, participated. Adolescents were randomly assigned to one of three research groups; musical distraction with headphones (n = 38), musical distraction without headphones (n = 41) and standard care control (n = 39). Results showed adolescents receiving musical distraction were less likely to report pain compared to the control group, controlling for covariates. Comparing musical distraction techniques, eliminating headphone emerged as a significant predictor of no pain. Results suggest that an easy and practical musical distraction intervention, implemented without headphones, can give some pain relief to adolescents during routine vaccination. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Music and Health Institute Terms

Adolescents; Immunizations; Invasive Medical Procedures; Music Listening; Music Medicine; Music as Distraction; Pain; Pain Management and Control; Pain Score or Rating; Procedural Pain; Self-Report Measures

Indexed Terms

randomized clinical trials; musical distraction; headphones; adolescents’ immunization pain; polio immunization; Adolescents; Immunization; Pain Management; Pain; Poliomyelitis; Clinical Trials; Distraction

Study Type

Randomized Controlled Trial; Quantitative Methods

PubMed ID

2011-03313-004

Document Type

Article

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