Introduction:

minor invasive procedures cause significant stress and pain to children and their families.

Objectives:

to understand which strategies are used to reduce pain during venipuncture procedures in patients with severe hemophilia. To assess the effectiveness of a hypnoanalgesia technique called “magic glove” in reducing pain during venipuncture procedures.

Methodology:

a research study was conducted at the Hemotherapy Center of Pereira Rosell Pediatric Hospital in patients with severe hemophilia aged between 4 and 14 years. The study was divided into 2 phases: the first observational phase aimed to identify strategies used to modulate pain during venipuncture procedures and quantify the perceived pain during such procedures by both the child and their caregiver. In the second stage, the magic glove technique was applied, and pain perception by the child and their caregiver was measured.

Results:

out of the 18 patients included in the study, only 2 of them utilized strategies to modulate pain during venipuncture procedures. The distribution of pain scale scores for both patient-reported pain and pain perceived by caregivers showed a reduction when the magic glove technique was applied, with statistically significant differences between pain with and without the technique, both for patient-reported pain (Kruskal-Wallis χ2 = 48.8, p-value < 0.001) and for pain perceived by parents (Kruskal-Wallis χ2 = 33.9, p-value < 0.001).

Conclusions:

the ‘magic glove’ hypnoanalgesia technique is an effective strategy to reduce pain during venipuncture procedures.

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