Assessment of the pain of blood-sugar testing: a randomised controlled trial.

Loveland, M E; Carley, S D; Cranfield, N; Hillier, V F; Mackway-Jones, K · Lancet · 1999

rct · Level II

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Abstract

Lancet puncture to the side of the thumb resulted in less pain than lancet puncture to the finger or venepuncture at the elbow. Success rates were the same.

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