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NURSING OPEN
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 376-382Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/nop2.399
Keywords
cancer; children; fear; needle; nurses; nursing; pain; self-report
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- Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation
- Swedish Cancer Society
- Mary Beve Foundation
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Aim The objective was to determine the levels of and potential relationships between, procedure-related fear and pain in children. Design Clinical based cross-sectional. Methods Ninety children aged between 7-18 years were included consecutively and self-reported levels of pain and fear on a 0-100 mm visual analogue scales (VAS) when undergoing routine needle insertion into a subcutaneously implanted intravenous port following topical anaesthesia. Results The needle-related fear level was reported to be as high as the needle-related pain level (mean VAS: 14 mm and 12 mm, respectively, N = 90). With fear as the dependent variable, age and pain were significantly associated and explained 16% of the variance. With pain as the dependent variable, fear was significantly associated and explained 11% of the variance. A post hoc analysis indicated that younger children reported their fear levels to be higher than their pain levels.
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