EFFECTIVENESS OF NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL PAIN MANAGEMENT ON CHILDREN POST-SURGERY

A quasi-experimental study design was conducted on non-probability (purposive sample), the study sample consist of (90) child from 3 to 12 years old divided into three main groups. The study instrument includes the socio-demographic characteristics of children and their guardians sheet. It also includes assessment of children pain level by use objective pain scale(OPS), pain management methods. The study has been conducted in surgical wards of hospitals in ALAmara city (Al-Sadr Teaching Hospital and Al-Zahrawi Surgical Hospital) in Iraq. The data was collected through semi structure interview and observation methods with the participants. The OPS and the application of non-pharmacological pain methods were used for children postoperatively from the period 2nd of February to 14th of April 2022. Data were analysed using the statistical package for social science, version 26. The descriptive statistical measures of frequency, percent, mean, and standard deviation were used to analyse data. The result of this study revealed that there is a high significant differences between the pre-test and post-test scores for all groups of non-pharmacological intervention (video game, blowing bubble, deep breathing, music, the Quran listening, and foot message.