Effectiveness of Facilitated Tucking Position on Level Pain During Pentavalent Vaccination Among Infants at Selected Primary Health Centres, Bengaluru, Karnataka State

Abstract

The pain associated with such injections is a source of distress for children, their parents and those administering the injections. If not addressed, this pain can lead to procedural anxiety in the future, needle fears and health care avoidance behaviors, including nonadherence with vaccination schedules. A true experimental study aimed to assess the effectiveness of facilitated tucking position on level of pain during pentavalent vaccination among infants in selected primary health centers, Bengaluru. Objectives: 1. To assess the level of pain during the pentavalent vaccination among infants in experimental and control group. 2. To assess the effectiveness of facilitated tucking position on level of pain during pentavalent vaccination among infants in experimental group. 3. To find out an association between the level of pain among infants receiving pentavalent vaccination with their selected demographic variables. Methods: A quantitative research approach, true experimental post- test only control group design was used, with non-probability purposive sampling technique. The sample size was 30 infants in experimental group and 30 infants in the control group. Data was collected from 60 infants using structured interview questionnaire which consists of the demographic, infant variables, maternal variables, clinical variables, parenting factors and Neonatal Infant Pain Scale Score checklist was used to assess the level of pain among infants. Facilitated tucking position was given during pentavalent vaccination to the experimental group and control group received vaccination without the intervention, post-test was scheduled during vaccination. Results: The findings of the analysis revealed that Mean pain score among the infants in the experimental group was 5.0 with SD of 1.37 whereas mean pain score of the infants in the control group was 5.7 with SD of 1.22. The mean difference score was 0.7. The calculated independent ‘t’ test value of t- value= 2.2, was found to be statistically significant at p< 0.05 level and the p- value= 0.03. which infers that there was evidence that facilitated tucking position was effective in reducing pain level among infants during pentavalent vaccination. Interpretation and conclusion: In the present study, the researcher analysed the effectiveness of facilitated tucking position among infants during pentavalent vaccination; the results infer that there was a subsequent reduction in the level of pain in experimental group. Hence it is proved that facilitated tucking position is effective in reducing the pain level among infants during pentavalent vaccination.