title: [Pain during venipuncture. The efficacy of physical contact].
abstract: The authors show the relationship between the use of physical contact and the decrease in pain during venipuncture, or blood-drawing, by means of a clinical test and an experimental, random, controlled study. Random sample by means of a systematic probability sampling. Two groups, control and experimental, were set up, employing physical contact in the latter group. To measure pain, an Analogical Visual Scale from 0-10 (EVA 0-10) was used and a data-register sheet was developed. Pain decreased by 37.45% (p = 0.000) in the experimental group, one of the main objectives of this study.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna y Hematología, Hospital General Virgen de la Luz de Cuenca. ejyam@ono.com
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ruiz Fernández
authors.forename: Caridad
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Belinchón Moya
authors.forename: Begoña
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fernández Valverde
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D026441:Mind-Body Therapies; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*