Researchers at the University of New Mexico Science and Health Center believe they have found a way to make patients less fearful: decorating flowers, butterflies and human faces laughing at needles!
According to researchers, the fear of needles may affect the treatment of patients. Some babies have become agitated when they see a needle, while some adults stay away from all doctors' offices!
For these reasons, they believe that decorative needles can increase the quality of treatment when patients are less stressed. The house
A needle decorated with butterflies (Photo: The University of New Mexico Science and Health Center - AP) has shown that patients are quite supportive of this initiative.
They conducted surveys on hundreds of patients and found that 80% of patients hated using common needles, 63% felt scared and 62% worried very worried. When using decorative needles, the number of hate patients decreased to 68%, the number of patients with fear decreased to 53% and the number of worried patients decreased to 53%.
Wilmer Sibbitt, a professor at the University of New Mexico, thinks that decorative medical devices can create a physiological effect on nerves, stimulating brain regions involved in fear, anxiety and hate. . " Should mass produce needles, syringes and decorative infusion needles to improve the quality of treatment ," he said.
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