A Quasi-Experimental Study to assess the effectiveness of Cartoon Animation Movie on Pain During Intravenous Cannulation among Children at Pediatric Ward of Selected Hospitals, Jalandhar, Punjab, 2014

A Quasi-Experimental study was conducted on children of 5–12 years of age who were undergoing intravenous cannulation with gauze 22 at selected hospitals of Jalandhar, Punjab. The study comprised of 60 children selected by purposive sampling technique- 30 in experimental group and 30 in control group. Animated cartoon movie was shown during intravenous cannulation for experimental group and no animated cartoon movie was shown during intravenous cannulation for control group. Then the post pain score was assessed. The tool included was base line proforma- Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale. The results revealed that there is significantly (p<0.05) less pain felt by the children who viewed animated cartoon movie during intravenous cannulation than those children who did not receive it. The findings also revealed that there was no significant association between the level of pain and demographic variables. It was concluded that cartoon distraction is an effective distraction method for the children undergoing venipuncture.