A study to determine the effectiveness of play with toys in pain management for children in some selective invasive procedure in a selected private hospital of Kolkata.

ABSTRACT

 Pain is a complex subjective & elusive phenomenon that presents special problems in assessment & management of children. Procedural pain in children had been included in a separate issues of pediatric pain management. Perhaps play have a special role in children’s pain management. Therefore an Quasi Experimental study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of play with toys in pain management for children under going selective invasive procedure in a selected private hospital of Kolkata. 60 samples (30 for experimental & 30 for control group) who  belonged to the (2  -5 years) of age group and had undergone I/V canulisation were taken for the study. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used. Data were collected by using interview schedule & observation checklist of pain scale (Wong Baker’s Faces Pain Rating Scale). The tools were validated by 10 experts. Reliability of the tools were established by inter rater reliability method. The descriptive & inferential statistics were used for data analysis. The result revealed that 23.3% samples belonged to  (2.5 -3) years of age group. Most of the samples (60%) are girl child. Difference of after procedural pain score between  experimental & control group was calculated by independent ‘t’ test and ‘t’ value was significant ( t 58= 2.66, P < 0.01), The findings revealed that play with toys had a definite role on   pediatric pain management. The study has implication  in the field of nursing practice and making future plan.  On the basis of the findings ,some recommendations were made for future study.

Key Word – Play, Toys, Pain, Pain Scale, Children, Invasive Procedure, Effectiveness.