Effects of applications manual pressure and shotblocker to reduce needle-related pain and fear in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Background: Pain and fear associated with insulin injections can cause children with type 1 diabetes mellitus to avoid insulin injections and skip doses.

Objective: To evaluate and compare pain and fear levels in children aged 6-12 years receiving subcutaneous insulin injection using the manual pressure and ShotBlocker methods.

Methods: A randomized controlled study was conducted with 90 children with type 1 diabetes who were allocated using block randomization to the manual pressure, ShotBlocker, and control groups (n = 30 in each group).