Clinical Practice Guidelines

Our Guidelines 2015-16

Supplemental Information to our 2015 and 2016 Guidelines:

2015 HELPinKids&Adults Knowledge Synthesis about pain and fear during vaccination:
A Supplement Issue of the Clinical Journal of Pain has been devoted to this topic, entitled: A shot of relief: A knowledge synthesis of vaccination pain and fear

  • Taddio A. Setting the stage for improved practices during vaccine injections: A knowledge synthesis of interventions for the management of pain and fear. Clin J Pain 2015; Link

  • McMurtry CM, Pillai Riddell R, Taddio A, Racine N, Asmundson GJG, Noel M, Chambers CT, Shah V, HELPinKids&Adults Team. Far from “just a poke”: common painful needle procedures and the development of needle fear. Clin J Pain 2015; Link

  • Taddio A, McMurtry CM, Shah V, Yoon E, Uleryk E, Pillai Riddell P, Lang E, Noel M, Chamber CT, Noel M, MacDonald NE, HELPinKids&Adults Team. Methodology for knowledge synthesis of the management of vaccination pain and needle fear. Clin J Pain 2015; Link

  • Taddio A, Shah V, McMurtry CM, MacDonald NE, Ipp M, Pillai Riddell R, Noel M, Chambers CT, HELPinKids&Adults Team. Procedural and physical interventions for vaccine injections: systematic review of randomized controlled trials and quasi-randomized controlled trials. Clin J Pain 2015; Link

  • Shah V, Taddio A, McMurtry M, Halperin SA, Noel M, Pillai Riddell R, Chambers CT, HELPinKids&Adults Team. Pharmacological and combined interventions to reduce vaccine injection pain in children and adults: systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin J Pain 2015. Link

  • Pillai Riddell R, Taddio A, McMurtry CM, Chambers CT, Shah V, Noel M, and HELPinKIDS&Adults Team. Psychological Interventions for Vaccine Injections in Young Children 0 to 3 Years: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials and Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trials. Clin J Pain 2015; Link

  • Birnie KA, Chambers CT, Taddio A, McMurtry CM, Noel M, Pillai Riddell R, Shah V, HELPinKids&Adults Team. Psychological interventions for vaccine injections in children and adolescents: systematic review of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials. Clin J Pain 2015. Link

  • Boerner KE, Birnie KA, Chambers CT, Taddio A, McMurtry CM, Noel M, Shah V, Pillai Riddell R, HELPinKIDS&Adults Team. Simple psychological interventions for reducing pain from common needle procedures in adults: systematic review of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials. Clin J Pain 2015; Link

  • Pillai Riddell R, Taddio A, McMurtry CM, Shah V, Noel M, Chambers CT, HELPinKids&Adults Team. Process interventions for vaccine injections: systematic review of randomized controlled trials and quasi-randomized controlled trials. Clin J Pain 2015; Link

  • McMurtry CM, Noel M, Taddio A, Antony MM, Asmundson GJG, Pillai Riddell R, Chamber CT, Shah V, HELPinKids&Adults Team. Interventions for individuals with high levels of needle fear: systematic review of randomized controlled trials and quasi randomized controlled trials. Clin J Pain 2015; Link

  • Noel M, Taddio A, McMurtry CM, Chambers CT, Pillai Riddell R, Shah V, HELPinKids&Adults Team. HELPinKids&Adults knowledge synthesis of the management of vaccination pain and high levels of needle fear: limitations of the evidence and recommendations for future research. Clin J Pain 2015; Link

Our Guidelines 2010

2010 HELPinKIDS clinical practice guideline about reducing childhood vaccination pain and tools: