A randomized trial of robot-based distraction to reduce children's distress and pain during intravenous insertion in the emergency department.

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Authors

• Samina Ali
  Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
• Robin Manaloor
  Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
• Keon Ma
  Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
• Mithra Sivakumar
  Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
• Tanya Beran
  Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
• Shannon D Scott
  Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
• Ben Vandermeer
  Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence (ARCHE), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, 4-472, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada.
• Natasha Beirnes
  Child Life Department, Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
• Timothy A D Graham
  Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
• Sarah Curtis
  Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
• Hsing Jou
  Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
• Lisa Hartling
  Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence (ARCHE), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, 4-472, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada. Electronic address: hartling@ualberta.ca.

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