Using Buzzy ® in venipunctures: perceptions of children and adolescents with congenital cardiopathies.
Lívia Grazielle Benevides Dos Santos, Michelle Darezzo Rodrigues Nunes, Lucila Castanheira Nascimento and 3 others
PMID 42585476WHAT IT FOUND
Most children and adolescents with congenital heart disease said venipuncture felt less painful and frightening with Buzzy.
They described numbness, relaxation, distraction, and feeling calmer. Two said pain felt the same.
Key findings
0113 of the 15 participants mentioned less pain with Buzzy, and two said pain was the same intensity.
02Participants described relaxation, numbness, tingling, and anesthesia from the device's cold and vibration.
03Participants described fear, nervousness, and fright during venipuncture as less intense when using Buzzy.
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What it does not show
Findings are based on 15 children and adolescents at one pediatric cardiology ward, so they may not apply to other hospitals, ages, or conditions. Participants were asked to rate pain from 0 to 10, but the reported result is how many said pain was less or the same, not measured pain scores. Two participants said pain was the same, and both had needed two puncture attempts, so repeated attempts may have affected their experience. The bee shape may frighten some children because they associate bees with painful bites. Some participants said the wings were not cold enough and the vibration was weak; defrosting time was noted as 10 minutes. Children who were palliative, critically hospitalized, sedated, given analgesics, undiagnosed, or in infection precautions were excluded, so it does not describe those groups.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest in using the Buzzy System. The study was financed in part by CAPES, Finance Code 001, Brazil.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read 13 of 15 reports as proof that Buzzy reduces pain. This is a qualitative interview study of 15 children's perceptions, not a trial.