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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 5 Answers after the intervention, by categories (in parenthesis, the number corresponded to the subject)

From: Effects of animal-assisted activity on self-reported feelings of pain in hospitalized children and adolescents

Answers after AAA

Feeling

Parts of the body

Intensity

Other comments

Feeling

 

It burns here (points to the stomach) when I eat. It hurts on the belly. (6)

Sometimes it hurts a lot. Sometimes it hurts a little. It’s still numb (points to the leg). (5)

The same. It feels like pressure. (14)

A twinge on this side (points to the right side of the abdomen). (17)

It has increased. I think it’s because I was sitting. The position was uncomfortable. (13)

It’s the same. Everything gets hard, the body stops obeying. I get limited movement. (15)

Parts of the body

   

On the belly and on the head. I don’t know anything else. (16)

Intensity

  

Now I feel zero. (12)

 

Other comments

   

I even forgot about the pain. (1)

It’s better than it was before. (2)

None. (3)

It’s the same thing. (4)

It’s gone, I got distracted. (7)

It doesn’t hurt anymore. It’s really gone. (8)

It still hurts, but I’m better. (9)

Same thing. (10)

Playing was enough to make it better. (11)