The effect of the buzzy method on reducing pain during intramuscular injection in children

There search was carried out as a randomized controlled study to determine thee ffect of the Buzzy® device, which can apply vibration and cold application at the same time, in order toreduce pain during intramuscular antibiotic injection applications in chidren, and toreduce anxiety in children accordingly. The universe of study consisted of all children between the ages ok 7 and 12 who would receive intramuscular injections in the 'İnjection Room' of the Batman Training and Research Hospital Pediatric Emergency Clinic, where the search was conducted between 03 December 2021 and 27 February 2022. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 100 children who met the case selection criteria and agreed to participate in the study, and the children were assigned to each group (Control=50, Practice=50) as simple randomization. Data were obtained usingt he Information Form, the Children's State Anxiety Inventory (CCI), the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), the Facial Expression Pain Scale – Facial Pain Scale (FPS-R). As a result of there search; The children included in the study; It was found that there was no difference between the application and control groups in terms of age groups, gender, frequency of injections in the last year, fear of injection, parental educaton, parental age and family income (p<05). It was found that the mean of VAS 5th minute children in the control group was significantly higher than the mean of the sick children in the treatment group (p=0.029; p<0.05). As a result of thecalculation, it wasfoundthatthe delta FPS-R parental findings of the sick children lower mean than the patient children in the control group (p=0.030; p<0.05). The final test findigs of the SAIC were positive, moderately significant, with FPS-R investigate 5th min (r=0.443), VAS 5th min child (r=0.514), and FPS-R 5th min parent(r=0.412) findings in all sick children found to have a relationship (p<0.05). In the data we obtained in our study, we concluded that the application of the Buzzy® device has a positive effect on pain control and as a result reduce the level of anxiety.