Objective:

To compare pain showed in children under 12 months during vaccine injection, applied either with conventional technique (CT) or kangaroo-mother care method (KC), and to assess satisfaction level of parents with these techniques.

Methods:

Cross-sectional study with 70 children in pediatrics nursing consultations in Primary Healthcare. Immediate pain after vaccination was assessed with LLANTO scale and satisfaction level of parents was assessed with “signal” scale. Data were analyzed with Student-t test, analysis of variance, lineal regression, Bonferroni test and multivariate analysis.

Results:

The mean pain score of the children vaccinated with KC (1.43 ± 0.6) was lower than those vaccinated with the CT (3.94 ± 1.3 points), being statistically significant difference (p<0.001). The satisfaction level of parents was higher in children vaccinated with KC (83.3% VS 3.3%).

Conclusions:

The CT group showed lower pain scores and higher satisfaction level of parents.