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Swaddling, shushing ease babies’ pain after injections
Posted April 30, 2012
Nonpharmacological, physical interventions referred to as the five S’s — shushing, swaddling, side positioning, sucking and swaying — get babies to stop crying and fussing within a minute after being injected with vaccines, said a study published online April 16 in the journal Pediatrics.
Researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial with 230 babies and found that those who received the five S’s calmed down more quickly than did those who were handed back to their parents or who downed a sucrose solution. Most of the babies stopped crying within two minutes of the shot, said the study (link).
The pain and discomfort linked to injections is one of the reasons some parents have offered for refusing to immunize their children, the study said.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/04/30/prbf0430.htm.
