Abstract
Objective To evaluate the impact of play therapy to the pain and the compliance of hospitalized children during tht course of lumbar puncture operation. Methods Divided 60 children with lumbar puncture operation into the intervention group (30 cases) and the control group(30cases)randomly. Routine cares were used in the control group, while the play therapy was used in the intervention group in addition during the course of lumbar puncture operation. Results There were statistical significance in the comparisons of the changes of respiratory rate and pulse rate during the preoperative and intraoperative of lumbar puncture between the two groups,P<0.01. There were also significant differences in the comparisons of subjective and objective pain score as well as the puncture compliance in the lumbar puncture operation. The score of FLAFF scale and the Wong-Baker scale in the intervention group was (2.52 ±1.37) and (3.59 ±1.15) respectively, which was significant lower than that of in the control group, (4.22 ±1.97) and (4.93±1.71), the difference was significant,P<0.01. Conclusion Play therapy can relieve the pain of children with lumbar puncture operation, reduce the changes of the vital signs, promote the puncture compli-ance and shorten the time of the whole operation completeness. Key words: Play therapy; Children; Spinal puncture; Pain; Compliance
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