Clinical Practice Guidelines

Supplemental Information to our 2015 and 2016 Guidelines:

• 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:

• Reducing the pain of childhood vaccination: an evidence based clinical practice guideline (summary) - CMAJ article http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.092048v1

• Reducing the pain of childhood vaccination: an evidence-based clinical practice guideline - CMAJ article November, 2010

• Reducing the pain of childhood vaccination: an evidence-based clinical practice guideline - CMAJ article, Appendix 1 Parent Tool

• Reducing the pain of childhood vaccination: an evidence-based clinical practice guideline - CMAJ article, Appendix 2 Clinician tool

• Reducing the pain of childhood vaccination: an evidence-based clinical practice guideline - CMAJ article, Appendix 3 Documentation tool

• Supplement Issue of the journal Clinical Therapeutics was devoted to immunization pain, and includes articles from HELPinKIDS Team that summarize immunization pain and effective pain-relieving strategies. http://www.clinicaltherapeutics.com/article/S0149-2918(09)00263-X/abstract