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. 2014 May 29;14:134. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-134

Table 2.

Observable pain management strategies used post immunization

Strategy (n = 120) N (%)
Distraction using singing or talking*
94 (79.7)
 Talking only
90 (76.3)
 Singing and talking
4 (3.4)
Holding (any position)
65 (54.2)
 Front-to-front
34 (28.3)
 Front-to-back
7 (5.8)
 Front-to-side
21 (17.5)
 Combination of positions
3 (2.5)
Non-nutritive sucking
13 (9.2)
Distraction using any toy
10 (7.0)
 Noisy toy
4 (2.8)
 Silent toy 6 (4.2)

*2 missing – could not distinguish if singing or talking was used.