THE EFFECT OF THE PROVIDING CONCRETE OBJECTIVE INFORMATION PLUS COLD ALCOHOL COMPRESSION ON FEAR OF PRESCHOOLERS RECEIVING INTRAVENOUS FLUID INFUSION

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of providing concrete objective information plus cold alcohol compression on fear of preschooler receiving intravenous fluid infusion. This was quasi-experimental design with post-test only. Participants were 80 preschoolers received intravenous fluid for the first time. The participants were allocated to 4 groups by matched pair by gender. Experimental group 1 received providing concrete objective information plus cold alcohol compression. Experimental group 2 received providing concrete objective information. Experimental group 3 received cold alcohol compression. Control group received conventional care. The fear of preschoolers were measured by Fear of Intravenous Fluid Procedure Observation Scale for Preschool Children that content validity index was 0.94, reliability was 0.89. Mean, %, X2, Krukal-Wallis Test, Mann-Whitney Test, and One-way ANOVA were used for data analysis at .05 statistical significance. The findings revealed that participants in experimental group 1 had lower fear score than control group and experimental group 3 (p<.05). But fear total score in experimental group 1 did not different with experimental group 2. In occasion 3, participants in experimental group 1 had lower fear than experimental group 2 (p<.05). The result indicated that the providing concrete objective information plus cold alcohol compression is effective method to reduce fear.