IJAR - Indian Journal of Applied Research

Vrutika Patel; Misha Patel; Disha Patel; Prachi Patel; Gamit Satisavitri; Richa Parmar; Kinjal Patel; Ms. Sanjana Bhatia

Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BREASTFEEDING ON REDUCTION OF PAIN RELATED BEHAVIOR AMONG INFANTS DURING IMMUNIZATION IN SELECTED PHC OF KHEDA DISTRICT.

Vrutika Patel, Misha Patel, Disha Patel, Prachi Patel, Gamit Satisavitri, Richa Parmar, Kinjal Patel, Ms. Sanjana Bhatia

Abstract :

Breastfeeding is more than nourishing infants with mother’s milk; it provides comfort as well as serves as a pacifier for during painful procedure. The objective is to assess the level of pain related behaviour associated with immunization among infants of experimental group and control group in selected PHC of Kheda district. The total number of sample was 40 infants by using non probability purposive sampling technique. The purpose of the study was explained to the authority and to the mothers of infants who receive pentavalent vaccine and informed consent was obtained from them for data collection. Mothers were asked to eastfeed the baby (experimental group) just prior to and during the immunization. Pain–related behaviour of the baby was assessed using NIPS (Neonatal Infant Pain Scale). Findings about the pain related behaviour among 40 samples (100%) of infants experienced 25(63%) severe pain, 15 (38%) moderate pain and no any infant’s experienced mild pain. The findings of the variables age, gender, weight, mother education, mother occupation, type of family and previous pain perception experience are not significant with pain related behavior of infant. (p value ˃ 0.05).