A comparative study on the efficacy of glucose and sucrose on the vaccination pain: a randomized controlled clinical trial.

Objectives: This study was performed to compare the effectiveness of two analgesics for the management of vaccination pain.

Materials And Methods: A total of 90 neonates to be vaccinated against Hepatitis B were assigned to Glucose, Sucrose and control groups at Shahid Mostafa Khomini hospital. 2cc oral Glucose 25% and 2cc oral Sucrose 25% with Syringe were given for 30 sec then 2 min later Hepatitis-B vaccine injected by vaccinator and pain intensity measured by Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS) during 1-2 min. The third group (control) no intervention was performed. The collected data were analysed by SPSS18 Software and ANOVA and LSD tests were used.

Results: Research results showed that there were no significant differences between groups in term of Apgar score, delivery type, sex, head circumstance, weight and height. By comparison of pain severity in two groups, mean and Standard deviation of pain, group that received Glucose solution had more intensity than Sucrose group (3 ± 1.66 vs. 2.90 ± 1.44), but this difference was not significant statistically (p=0.78). Comparison of pain intensity in control and intervention groups showed that the pain intensity in control group is higher than intervention groups (p<0.001).

Conclusion: Patients who received Glucose or Sucrose had lower pain intensity in comparison with the other. The pain intensity in patients who received sucrose was less than the glucose group, but this difference was not significant statistically.