Using Social Media to Disseminate Effective Pain Treatments for Newborns During Needle-Related Painful Procedures in China

Abstract

The authors thank all the participants for their efforts and time. They also acknowledge Jessica Reszel for preparing research ethics application and Catherine Larocque and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Media House team for their role in producing the video.

There are already enough studies on sweet solutions for neonatal procedural pain and more would be unethical and unnecessary

“…To address this, we shared information on analgesic effects of sweet solutions for neonatal pain on WeChat, an extensively used Chinese communication tool for health workers. 4 This paper reports the results of our updated Chinese systematic review of sweet solutions for neonatal pain. The review was conducted using the same methods of data extraction, data analysis and reporting as our 2016 review.…”

“…This highlights the lack of global knowledge dissemination. To address this, we shared information on analgesic effects of sweet solutions for neonatal pain on WeChat, an extensively used Chinese communication tool for health workers 4 …”

“…Calls to cease such trials were made more than a decade ago due to a lack of uncertainty about the analgesic benefits, namely a lack of a state of equipoise 5 . Despite this, hundreds of neonates in English‐speaking countries and China still experience unnecessary untreated pain during research 4 . Urgent calls for action to stop vulnerable neonates from experiencing unnecessary pain are needed.…”

“…5 Despite this, hundreds of neonates in English-speaking countries and China still experience unnecessary untreated pain during research. 4 Urgent calls for action to stop vulnerable neonates from experiencing unnecessary pain are needed.…”

“…Tian Lin 1,2 Hao-fei Qiu 2 Rui-rui Huang 3 Tao Zhang 1 Denise Harrison 4,5,6 TA B L E 1 Systematic reviews of sweet solutions given to neonates.…”