title: Patients' perceptions of pain with spinal, intramuscular, and venous injections.
abstract: Most of 46 patients believed that spinal injection would be more painful than intramuscular or intravenous injections. The reverse proved true: spinal injections were perceived to be less painful than the other two procedures. Intramuscular injections should be avoided. Local anaesthesia should be given for lumbar punctures and intravenous cannulation.
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authors.lastname: Simini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular / Q000523:psychology*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous / Q000523:psychology*; D007278:Injections, Spinal / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000523:psychology