The Effect of Stress Ball–Squeezing and Balloon Inflation Methods on Pain, Fear and Physical Parameters During Peripheral Vascular Access in Children: A Randomised Controlled Trial

It was observed that stress ball-squeezing and balloon inflation methods applied during peripheral vascular access alleviated the pain and fear of children and positively affected their vital signs. In line with these results, balloon inflation and stress ball can be used as distraction methods in order to reduce the pain and fear of children with peripheral vascular access and to regulate their physiological parameters.