• Pain Manag Nurs · Aug 2021

    Needle-Related Pain, Affective Reactions, Fear, and Emotional Coping in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study.

    • Lena Hanberger, Emma Tallqvist, Amanda Richert, Anna Lindholm Olinder, Maria Forsner, Evalotte Mörelius, and Stefan Nilsson.
    • Department of Health, Medicine and Care Sciences, Division of Nursing, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. Electronic address: lena.hanberger@liu.se.
    • Pain Manag Nurs. 2021 Aug 1; 22 (4): 516-521.

    BackgroundThe self-care of type 1 diabetes (T1D) includes undergoing procedures with needles several times daily, which may cause pain and fear.AimsThe aim was to identify the degree of perceived pain, affective reactions, fear, and emotional coping among children and adolescents with T1D.DesignA cross-sectional survey was performed.MethodsChildren and adolescents 7-18 years of age (n = 197) and their parents (n = 123) completed the Coloured Analogue Scale (CAS), the Facial Affective Scale (FAS), the Diabetes Fear of Injection Questionnaire (D-FISQ), and the Faces Emotional Coping Scale (FECS) in relation to needle procedures.ResultsThe higher the values of the CAS, FAS and D-FISQ scores, the lower values for coping were reported by children and adolescents regarding treatment with insulin pen or pump, blood glucose test, and venipuncture (p < .001). Patients reported strong negative affect regarding insulin injections (35%) and blood glucose tests (32%), as well as negative affect (48%, 69%) and substantial pain (27%, 50%) for inserting a pump needle and venipuncture, respectively. Parents reported significantly higher values than children on all scales and procedures except D-FISQ (blood glucose tests) and FECS (venipuncture).ConclusionsChildren and adolescents who perceive greater pain during needle-related procedures have poorer coping ability. Pediatric diabetes teams need to identify those in need of extra support to develop pain coping strategies.Copyright © 2021 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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