Clinical Trial Testing Buzzy Bee vs Vapocoolant During IV Placement

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the anxiety and pain levels of patients when using Buzzy with ice, Vapocoolant, and placebo when inserting IV's line for IV fluids and/or phlebotomy in pediatric patients in the pediatric emergency department.

Timeline

Start

2019-07-15

Primary completion

2021-01-15

Completion

2021-01-15

Publications

• Background Bijttebier P, Vertommen H. The Impact of Previous Experience on Children's Reactions to Venepunctures. J Health Psychol. 1998 Jan;3(1):39-46. doi: 10.1177/135910539800300103.
• Background Blount R. L., Zempsky W. T., Jaaniste T., Evans S., Cohen L. L., Devine K. A., Zeltzer L. K. Management of pain and distress due to medical procedures. In: Roberts M C, Steele R, editors. Handbook of pediatric psychology. 4th Ed. New York: Guilford Press; 2009. pp. 171-188.
• Background Cohen Reis E, Holubkov R. Vapocoolant spray is equally effective as EMLA cream in reducing immunization pain in school-aged children. Pediatrics. 1997 Dec;100(6):E5. doi: 10.1542/peds.100.6.e5.
• Background Hamilton JG. Needle phobia: a neglected diagnosis. J Fam Pract. 1995 Aug;41(2):169-75.
• Background Hicks CL, von Baeyer CL, Spafford PA, van Korlaar I, Goodenough B. The Faces Pain Scale-Revised: toward a common metric in pediatric pain measurement. Pain. 2001 Aug;93(2):173-183. doi: 10.1016/S0304-3959(01)00314-1.
• Background Lunoe MM, Drendel AL, Levas MN, Weisman SJ, Dasgupta M, Hoffmann RG, Brousseau DC. A Randomized Clinical Trial of Jet-Injected Lidocaine to Reduce Venipuncture Pain for Young Children. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Nov;66(5):466-74. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.04.003. Epub 2015 Apr 29.
• Background Melzack R, Wall PD. Pain mechanisms: a new theory. Science. 1965 Nov 19;150(3699):971-9. doi: 10.1126/science.150.3699.971. No abstract available.
• Background Pate J.T., Blount R.L., Cohen L.L. & Smith A.J. (1996). Childhood medical experience and temperament as predictors of adult functioning in medical situations. Child Health Care, 25 (4): 281-298.
• Background Shah V, Taddio A, Rieder MJ; HELPinKIDS Team. Effectiveness and tolerability of pharmacologic and combined interventions for reducing injection pain during routine childhood immunizations: systematic review and meta-analyses. Clin Ther. 2009;31 Suppl 2:S104-51. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2009.08.001.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.