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- Title
Preparing Children for Blood Sampling Using a Serious Gaming App (Prik!) Decreases Perceived Pain and Distress.
- Authors
de Jong, Anna M.; van Royen-Kerkhof, Annet; Schouten, Maartje C. M.; de Vooght, Karen M. K.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study which evaluated the effect of the gaming app Prik! on experienced pain and distress during venipuncture/fingerprick by comparing it to the use of a noninformative gaming app and no app. Topics include venipunctures and finger pricks are a major source of pain and distress in pediatric healthcare, main outcome of the study, and conclusion on playing a serious gaming app such as Prik! before blood sampling.
- Subjects
MOBILE apps; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; VENOUS puncture; ACUPUNCTURE; BLOOD sampling
- Publication
Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, 2016, p88
- ISSN
2475-7241
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1373/jalm.2016.020149