Comparative Survey of Holding Positions for Reducing Vaccination Pain in Young Infants

Table 4

Comparison of pain scales between the supine and upright positions by dichotomized measure ().

Position	Supine	Upright
Number
Before injection
Crying	9 (8.7%)	12 (6.7%)	0.531
Irritability	15 (14.6%)	16 (8.9%)	0.146
Facial expression	10 (9.7%)	8 (4.5%)	0.083
Immediately after injection
Crying	103 (100%)	179 (100%)	—
Irritability	101 (98.1%)	163 (91.1%)	0.021
Facial expression	101 (98.1%)	171 (95.5%)	0.335
30 s after intervention
Crying	53 (51.5%)	126 (70.4%)	0.001
Irritability	44 (42.7%)	104 (58.1%)	0.013
Facial expression	47 (45.6%)	107 (59.8%)	0.022
180 s after intervention
Crying	8 (7.8%)	21 (11.7%)	0.291
Irritability	6 (5.8%)	16 (8.9%)	0.348
Facial expression	7 (6.8%)	15 (8.4%)	0.633