2017
DOI: 10.1111/papr.12572
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Brief Clinical Report: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis of Pain Memory‐reframing Interventions for Children's Needle Procedures

Abstract: Objective: Children's pain memories play a powerful role in shaping future pain experiences. Interventions aiming to reframe children's memories of painful medical procedures hold promise for altering pain memories and improving subsequent pain experience; however, this evidence has not been synthesized. This brief clinical report includes a systematic review and meta-analysis of existing memory-reframing interventions for needle procedures in children and adolescents to stimulate future research. Methods: Dat… Show more

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“…This understanding may provide us with an opportunity to examine manipulations that are critical for minimizing these changes. Obviously, aPKC manipulations in humans are not likely to be tried any time soon, but memory-reframing interventions have been attempted to reduce fear of pain from needle injections in children [53] and propranolol administration given directly after retrieval of traumatic memories has been shown to decrease post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms [54].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This understanding may provide us with an opportunity to examine manipulations that are critical for minimizing these changes. Obviously, aPKC manipulations in humans are not likely to be tried any time soon, but memory-reframing interventions have been attempted to reduce fear of pain from needle injections in children [53] and propranolol administration given directly after retrieval of traumatic memories has been shown to decrease post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms [54].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Pain memories are fragile and have been shown to be susceptible to manipulation through post-event information (Bruck, Ceci, Francoeur, & Barr, 1995; Chen et al, 1999; Marche et al, 2016; Pickrell et al, 2007). In the context of needle procedures (e.g., lumbar punctures, anesthetic injections, vaccine injections), brief memory reframing interventions that involve discussing past painful events with children in more positive/accurate ways have been shown to reduce pain and distress at future procedures (Bruck et al, 1995; Chen et al, 1999; Noel, McMurtry, Pavlova, & Taddio, 2017; Pickrell et al, 2007). Moreover, a recent experimental study showed that having children recall positive details of a pain memory led to enhanced forgetting of the memory’s negative aspects (Marche et al, 2016).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Reframing children's pain memories immediately after a procedure may reduce anticipatory fear and can be facilitated by telling children how brave they were and how they have done a good job for their body or by boosting their self-e cacy in terms of coping (30). Many parents in this study had worked hard to build positive experiences for their child related to the injection procedure.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Most children feared pain from the needle sticks, although they reported that it did not hurt much. Pain and fear due to needle sticks are common among children (5) and may result in fear, negative pain memories, and needle phobia lasting into adulthood if poorly managed (9,30). Although children who were interviewed seemed to adapt to injections over time, many reported fear just prior to the stick, and a few parents reported that severe needle phobia obstructed the treatment.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%