Venous Blood Sampling-Related Pain and Fear

The parents of the children in this group were asked whether their children had the latex allergy or not and the children without the allergy were included in the group. The children's skills of blowing balloon were observed before the procedure. Before starting the venous blood sampling procedure, the children were asked to choose a balloon in the color they preferred and to start blowing the balloon at least 20 seconds before the procedure. Venous blood sampling started as the children exhaled to blow up the balloon. Until the venous blood procedure ended, they continued to blow up the balloons.

Before the venous blood collecting procedure, a soft ball was given to the right hands of the children and they were asked to squeeze and release this ball during the procedure.

The children included in this group were asked to cough after taking a deep breath during the venous blood sampling procedure. Before the procedure, the researcher showed the children how they should cough and asked them to imitate. The venous blood sampling was not performed until the child successfully completed coughing. The child was directed by the researcher during the procedure. Just before the entrance of the needle, the child was asked to take a deep breath and the venous blood sampling procedure was started during coughing.

No intervention was performed to reduce pain and fear in the control group.