Pain Management Response Using Breastfeeding Method And Ice Compression At The Time Of Immunization

Abstract

Background: According to WHO (2015), there are 18.7 million babies worldwide who do not get DPT immunization. Pain is a problem that must be overcome, because the comfort that the baby receives is very important for the development of trust, which is one of the developmental tasks at the age of the baby in overcoming discomfort during immunization so as not to cause trauma and in order to be able to receive immunization without any behavior distress. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in breastfeeding techniques and ice packs on the pain response in infants during DPT immunization.

Methods: Design used a quasi-experimental research design using Post-test Only One Group Design. the first intervention group was given breastfeeding technique treatment and the second intervention group was given ice pack treatment, each technique is performed with a duration of 5 minutes.  The number of samples of 20 infants who received DPT immunization. Analysis of the data using the Mann-Whitney statistical test.

Results: there was no significant difference between the breastfeeding technique and ice packs on the baby's pain response with a p-value of 0.063 ± 0.05.

Conclusion: Breastfeeding and ice pack techniques have the same effectiveness in terms of reducing pain response in infants during DPT vaccination.