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- Title
Patients with needle phobia? Try stress-reducing medical devices.
- Authors
Kettwich, Sharon C.; Sibbitt, Jr, Wilmer L.; Kettwich, Lawrence G.; Palmer, Cristina J.; Hilda T. Draeger; Arthur D. Bankhurst
- Abstract
The article discusses a randomized controlled trial comparing decorated and plain syringes and butterfly needles. Adding decorative designs or stickers to medical devices before a procedure significantly reduces aversion, fear and anxiety. It may be useful for needle-phobic patients. The stress-reducing needles and medical devices were created by applying simple representative designs on winged needles, syringes and scalpels while maintaining the basic function of these devices. Neuroimaging of brain activation in response to these decorated devices may provide a more telling explanation of their stress-reducing effects.
- Subjects
MEDICAL equipment; FEAR of needles; PHOBIAS; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; SYRINGES; AVERSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; ANXIETY; HEALTH
- Publication
Journal of Family Practice, 2006, Vol 55, Issue 8, p697
- ISSN
0094-3509
- Publication type
Article