No pain, if you've got game

J Fam Pract. 2021 Jan-Feb;70(1):E1-E3. doi: 10.12788/jfp.0132.

Abstract

Allowing children to engage in "active" distraction techniques-such as playing a video game-during venipuncture can lead to reduced pain and anxiety.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Anxiety
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Pain Management*
  • Pain* / etiology