title: Effects of balloon inflation and cough trick methods on easing pain in children during the drawing of venous blood samples: a randomized controlled trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose was to determine the effects of the balloon inflation and cough trick methods on easing pain in children during the drawing of venous blood samples.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this prospective randomized controlled study, 9- to 12-year-old children in the intervention groups were asked to cough or inflate balloons during the venipuncture procedure. The Faces Pain Scale-Revised was used to assess pain intensity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pain intensity significantly differed between the control (n = 44) and intervention groups (balloon inflation [n = 44] and cough trick [n = 44], p < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Coughing and inflating balloons during venipuncture do not require preparation and are time saving, easy, accessible, and effective in reducing pain.
authors: Istanbul University Florence Nightingale Nursing Faculty-Pediatric Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Birsen
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8708-984X
authors: B
authors: Mutlu
authors: Istanbul University Florence Nightingale Nursing Faculty-Pediatric Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Serap
authors: S
authors: Balcı
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D003371:Cough; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies
keywords: Balloon inflation; Face Pain Scale-Revised; child; cough trick; drawing blood; effect on method; nonpharmacological method; pain; randomized control trial