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Pain Relieving Effect of Yakson Therapy for Infants
Eun Sook Park, Kyung Suk Sung, Won Oak Oh, Hye Sang Im, Eun Sook Kim, Yeon Ah Kim, Chun Hee Lee
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2006;36(6):897-904.   Published online March 28, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2006.36.6.897
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Purpose

The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of Yakson therapy as a pain management tool on the physiologic and behavioral reponses of infants with a painful heelstick procedure.

Method

Infants were randomly assigned to a group that underwent a series of Yakson therapy and a control that received nothingbefore a heelstick. Heart rate, oxygen saturation, and NIPS were compared between the experimental (n=16) and control (n=16) infants during an undisturbed baseline and after a standard heelstick procedure. Yakson therapy consisted of laying a hand on the back, and caressing the abdomen by hand for 5 minutes.

Result

The pain scores of the Yakson group were lower than the control group. Foroxygen saturation, there were statistically significant differences between groups. For heart rate, there were no statistically significant differences between groups.

Conclusion

This data suggests that Yakson therapy had a pain relief effect in behavior responses and SaO2. Accordingly, Yakson therapy should be used as a nursing intervention for simple pain management for a heel prick.

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