Table 1 Demographic and contextual characteristics of the patients

Relatives involved

Mother

Mother

Father

Mother and other relative

Father

Mother and father

Nurses involved

1

1

1

3

1

1

Physicians involved

1^a

1

1

2

1^a

2

Child’s experience of procedures same admission

PVC and venipuncture

None

Venipuncture

PVC and venipuncture

Nasogastric tube and venipuncture

Venipuncture

Time hospitalized prior to PVC

5 days

12 h

1 day

1 day

1.5 days

3 h

Number of attempts to insert the PVC-needle

1^b

1

2

4

3

3

Successful PVC

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes