2024, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part A

The present study was aimed to study to assess the effectiveness of ice pack application Vs manual pressure on pain at pentavalent vaccination site among infants attending immunization clinic in selected Hospital, Bangalore. The objectives of the study were to assess the effectiveness of ice pack application on pain during pentavalent vaccination among infants, to assess the effectiveness of manual pressure application on pain during pentavalent vaccination among infants, to assess the level of pain during pentavalent vaccination among control group and to compare the findings between ice pack application, manual pressure and control group. Quasi Experimental post-test only control group design was used for this study. The samples were selected using purposive sampling technique. 60 samples were selected to assess the effectiveness of ice pack application and manual pressure application on pain at pentavalent vaccination site among infants using NIPS scale (Lawrence, Adcock, McGrath, and others, 1993). Out of 60 samples, 20 samples were selected for three groups of ice pack application, manual pressure and control group. The result shows that nearly half of infants receiving ice pack application showed mild level of pain (mean value 2.4), manual pressure application showed moderate level of pain (Mean value 4.7) and control group showed severe level of pain (mean value 5.2). The study concluded that ice pack is effective than manual pressure on reducing level of pain at pentavalent vaccination site among infants.