Time to change phlebotomy? A short story

Correspondence to Dr Claire Connellan, Department of Paediatrics, Galway University Hospital, Galway H91 YR71, Ireland; claire3connellan@gmail.com Introduction Children can find hospitals and procedures stressful. Success was determined by successful phlebotomy, reduced reported anxiety levels (pare...

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Published inArchives of disease in childhood Vol. 105; no. 11; pp. 1127 - 1128
Main Authors Connellan, Claire, Dann, Lisa, Flanagan, Orla
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.11.2020
Subjects
Anesthesia
Anxiety
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder - psychology
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Child
Child, Hospitalized - education
Child, Hospitalized - psychology
Children
Children & youth
Down Syndrome
Humans
Intellectual disabilities
Intellectual Disability
Intellectual Disability - psychology
Meta Analysis
Parents
Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Patients
Phlebotomy
Phlebotomy - methods
Phlebotomy - psychology
Psychological Distress
Screening Tests
Success
social story
clinical procedures
phlebotomy
autism
intellectual disability
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Summary:Correspondence to Dr Claire Connellan, Department of Paediatrics, Galway University Hospital, Galway H91 YR71, Ireland; claire3connellan@gmail.com Introduction Children can find hospitals and procedures stressful. Success was determined by successful phlebotomy, reduced reported anxiety levels (parental survey) and avoidance of oral sedation. A social story is a non-intrusive, easily implemented intervention that appears to be effective for providing social information for children with ASD.3 There is a paucity of evidence behind their use, with no published reports on their use in phlebotomy.
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ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2019-317494