Evaluation of efficacy of Valsalva for attenuating needle puncture pain in first time nonremunerated voluntary plateletpheresis donors: A prospective, randomized controlled trial

Conclusions: Valsalva reduced both severity of venipuncture pain and anxiety. Valsalva can be performed by donors as it is an easy, painless, and nonpharmacological method of pain and anxiety attenuation.

Source: Asian Journal of Transfusion Science - June 12, 2021 Category: Hematology Authors: Anubha Srivastava Sanjay Kumar Anil Agarwal Dheeraj Khetan Rahul Katharia Prabhaker Mishra Shikha Khati Sujeet Gautam Khuba Sandeep Source Type: research