فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background and aim: Medical procedures, particularly injection, cause anxiety in children. Copingwith invasive medical treatment is an important issue for all children, particularly chronically illchildren such as thalassemic children who may have to endure many treatment procedures. Thisstudy examined the effect of breathing exersice on the anxiety resulted from the injection procedurein thalassemic school-age children in Kerman thalassemia centerMaterials and Methods: In this clinical trial, 40 thalassemia children with 6-12 years old, inKerman thalasemia center were selected through convenience sampling method. Then subjects wererandomly allocated in two groups (experimental group and control group). In experimental group,bubble making was used. Data collection tools were: Demographic Information Questionnaire, andthe Scale of facial self reported anxiety. The analysis of the data was carried out through SPSS 16.Findings: Average score of anxiety in bubble making group was 2.9+1.5 before and 1.0+1.1 afterinjection. The average score in control group was 3.1+2.2 before and 2.4 + 2.1after injection. Therewas no significant difference between two groups of study regarding the average scores of anxietybefore the injection (p>0.05) but there was a significant difference between two groups regardingthe average scores of anxiety after the injection (p>0.05).Conclusion: The results of this study showed that bubble making is an effective method to decreaseanxiety resulted from the injection procedures.Key words: Anxiety, Bubble making, School-age Children, Distraction, Thalassemia