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COURSE TITLE: Needle Phobia Author: Lucia Johnson, M.A. Ed, MT(ASCP)SBB Vice President, Recertification National Center for Competency Testing Overland Park, KS Number of Clock Hours Credit: 1.0 Course # 1222614 P.A.C.E. ® Approved: X Yes No OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this continuing education course, the professional should be able to: 1. Identify the medical term for needle phobia. 2. List reactions seen in phobics when they are faced with the object or situation of their fear. 3. Identify three main categories of phobias. 4. Describe the impact of needle phobia on individuals and the healthcare community. 5. Describe four broad types of needle phobia. 6. Identify how needle phobia is diagnosed. 7. List symptoms seen when a needle phobic patient encounters a needle. 8. Discuss how needle phobia affects the patient’s daily life. 9. Identify two main causes of needle phobia. 10. Describe the management of patients with needle phobia. 11. Identify recommendations to prevent the formation of needle phobia. Disclaimer The writers for NCCT continuing education courses attempt to provide factual information based on literature review and current professional practice. However, NCCT does not guarantee that the information contained in the continuing education courses is free from all errors and omissions. Page 2 of 19
INTRODUCTION Can you imagine being so afraid to have your blood drawn or get an injection that you avoid any sort of medical care? Approximately 3.5% - 10% of the general population suffers from fear of needles or needle phobia. The medical term for needle phobia is belonephobia (pronounced bell-o-ne-phobia). Belonephobia is a recognized disease in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as Specific Phobia (SP), Blood-Injection-Injury Type. The 2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis code is 300.29, Other Isolated or Specific Phobias. It is important that healthcare professionals know how to recognize and manage this disorder. WHAT IS A PHOBIA? A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder. It is an overwhelming and unreasonable fear of a situation or object that really poses no danger. Examples of phobias include fear of snakes, heights, public speaking, flying, and enclosed spaces. Some individuals have anxiety reactions just thinking about what they fear. When faced with the object or situation, phobic individuals are likely to have some or all of the following reactions: a feeling of uncontrollable anxiety, a feeling that they must do everything possible to avoid what they fear, an inability to function normally because of their anxiety, the ability to know that their fears are unreasonable but they feel powerless to control them, and physical and psychological reactions such as sweating, difficulty breathing, rapid heartbeat, and fainting. An individual may experience phobic reactions just when thinking about what he/she fears. Phobias are divided into three main categories: specific phobias, social phobia, and agoraphobia. Specific phobias are those that relate to a specific thing such as fear of heights, snakes, storms, etc. Social phobia is a combination of extreme self-consciousness, fear that others judge the individual negatively, fear of humiliation in social situations, and fear of public scrutiny. Agoraphobia is a fear of open spaces. Individuals with agoraphobia have a fear of stores, malls, doctor offices, outdoors, etc., and they only feel comfortable in their own homes. Some agoraphobics never leave their homes. Page 3 of 19
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