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The problem
Intervention: CARD™ system adapted for hospital needle procedures, allowing children to choose from evidence-based coping strategies across four categories: Comfort, Ask, Relax, and Distract
Who it was tested with: Children aged 10–15 years undergoing needle-related procedures in a children's hospital, and nurses performing these procedures.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"A qualitative descriptive design was used. The sample included nine children aged 10 to 15 undergoing needle-related procedures and seven nurses who performed these procedures. We conducted individual interviews and asked them about their experiences with CARD™. Data were evaluated using qualitative content analysis." This is a qualitative interview study with direct participant experiences but no control or comparison group, making it practitioner-level evidence of acceptability and perceived feasibility.
Small sample size from a single hospital setting with no comparison group or control condition; qualitative design cannot measure the magnitude of impact on pain or fear reduction; no data on long-term sustainability or effectiveness across diverse hospital contexts.
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