Background: Illness and hospitalisation expose children to unfamiliar and unpleasant feelings. Pain is a physiological and psychological experience that children encounter during hospitalization. Many
Methodology: Quasi experimental post tests only design was adopted. 80 children aged 3-7 years who underwent invasive procedures were selected using convenience sampling technique and randomly assigned to experimental (n=40) and control (n=40) groups. Data was collected using FLACC Behavioral pain assessment scale.
Result: The mean pain score of children in experimental group (3.88) was lower than control group (8.15). The independent‘t’ value (t=15.448) computed between experimental and control group was statistically significant at p<0.05. Children consider, needle procedure is the most distressing experiences of medical-related care. Music has the potential to decrease the need for pharmacotherapy. Music can distract the child and decrease the pain perception.
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of music therapy on pain among children subjected to invasive procedures and to find out the association between pain and selected demographic variables.
