A Randomised Controlled Trial of Ice to Reduce the Pain of Immunisation-The ICE Trial.
analgesia
cold therapy
general practice
primary health care
vaccinations
Journal
Tropical medicine and infectious disease
ISSN: 2414-6366
Titre abrégé: Trop Med Infect Dis
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101709042
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 Aug 2021
28 Aug 2021
Historique:
received:
01
08
2021
revised:
23
08
2021
accepted:
24
08
2021
entrez:
26
9
2021
pubmed:
27
9
2021
medline:
27
9
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
vaccine injections are a common cause of iatrogenic pain and anxiety, contributing to non-compliance with scheduled vaccinations. With injection-related pain being recognised as a barrier to vaccination uptake in both adults and children, it is important to investigate strategies to effectively reduce immunisation pain. This prospective randomised controlled trial investigated the effects of applying an ice pack on vaccine-related pain in adults. medical students receiving the flu vaccination were randomised to receive an ice pack (intervention) or placebo cold pack (control) at the injection site for 30 s prior to needle insertion. Immediate post-vaccination pain (VAS) and adverse reactions in the proceeding 24 h were recorded. pain scores between the intervention ( ice did not reduce vaccination-related pain compared to cold packs. COVID-19 related restrictions impacted participant recruitment, rendering the study insufficiently powered to draw conclusions about the results.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
vaccine injections are a common cause of iatrogenic pain and anxiety, contributing to non-compliance with scheduled vaccinations. With injection-related pain being recognised as a barrier to vaccination uptake in both adults and children, it is important to investigate strategies to effectively reduce immunisation pain. This prospective randomised controlled trial investigated the effects of applying an ice pack on vaccine-related pain in adults.
METHODS
METHODS
medical students receiving the flu vaccination were randomised to receive an ice pack (intervention) or placebo cold pack (control) at the injection site for 30 s prior to needle insertion. Immediate post-vaccination pain (VAS) and adverse reactions in the proceeding 24 h were recorded.
RESULTS
RESULTS
pain scores between the intervention (
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSIONS
ice did not reduce vaccination-related pain compared to cold packs. COVID-19 related restrictions impacted participant recruitment, rendering the study insufficiently powered to draw conclusions about the results.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34564542
pii: tropicalmed6030158
doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed6030158
pmc: PMC8482114
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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