A comparative study to assess the effectiveness of cartoon videos vs. bubble blowing during cannulization on pain perception among children admitted at selected Hospital Bilaspur Chhattisgarh

Introduction: Pain continues to be the most complex and challenging sensory emotions in the life of children. It is defined as a universal unpleasant, subjective, sensory and emotional human experience. hospitalization expose children to unfamiliar and unpleasant feelings. Since children have little experience with and comprehension of the pain and disease process, such negative feeling can cause intimidation and anxiety for them. Children requiring needle stick such as injections. IV cannulization and blood sampling view these procedure as freighting and is a significant source of pain. So, to know which distraction techniques used with the pre-school age group are mostly passive. Cognitive strategies used to reduce pain perception in children are either visual or auditory interventions. The researcher had chosen this study i.e “A comparative study to assess the effectiveness of cartoon videos vs. bubble blowing during cannulization on pain perception among children admitted at selected Hospital Bilaspur Chhattisgarh”. Objective of the study 1. To assess the level of pain in children during cannulization in Experimental group1 (cartoon videos) and Experimental group 2 (bubble blowing). 2. To compare the effectiveness of cartoon videos and bubble blowing on pain perception during cannulization among children.Conclusion: This study conclude that cartoon videos were more effective in relieving pain perception during cannulization.