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Comparison of the Effects of Hugo's Point Massage and Play on IV-Line Placement Pain in Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Pain research & management
January 1, 2021
Shahnaz Salawati Ghasemi et al. (6 authors)
Journal ArticleRandomized Controlled TrialHuman StudyClinical
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to compare the effects of Hugo's point massage and play on the severity of IV-line placement pain in hospitalized children aged 3-6 years.

Results Summary

The study found no statistically significant difference in IV-line placement pain between the play, Hugo's point massage, and control groups before interventions.

Population

Hospitalized children aged 3-6 years in a pediatric ward.

Effective Dosage

Not specified

Duration

Not specified

Interactions

None mentioned

Extracted Claims (2)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
Hugo's point massage
no change
IV-line placement pain
hospitalized children aged 3-6 years
no significant difference
did not show a statistically significant difference
#1
play
no change
IV-line placement pain
hospitalized children aged 3-6 years
no significant difference
did not show a statistically significant difference
#2
Abstract

Reduction of intravenous line placement pain is one of the most important nursing priorities in the pediatric wards. The present study was aimed at comparing the effect of Hugo's point massage and play on the severity of IV-line placement pain in hospitalized children aged 3-6 years in the pediatric ward. 72 children were selected and assigned randomly to three groups, i.e., control, play, and Hugo point massage. In the massage group, the middle angle between the first and second bones of the palm of the opposite hand was massaged, and the playgroup encouraged bubble-making play. The one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) did not show a statistically significant difference between the mean IV-line placement pain in play, Hugo's point, and control groups before interventions (

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Administration, IntravenousAnalysis of VarianceChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHandHumansMaleMassagePainPain ManagementPlay and Playthings
Study Links
Quality Scores
SafetyNot Assessed
Efficacy50/10
Quality70/10
Citation Metrics
Total Citations2
Citations/Year0.5
Relative Citation Ratio0.38
NIH Percentile20.6%
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.25
Weight Score2.04
Normalized Score0.54
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