CompletedNot Applicable

Needle and Shotblocker on Pain and Satisfaction in Intramuscular Injection Pain

Turkey (Türkiye)120 participantsStarted 2024-07-10

Plain-language summary

In this study, it is aimed to compare cold needle and shotblocker in intramuscular injection pain. This is a triple-blind randomized clinical trial. June September 2024, the universe of the research will be composed of patients who applied to the emergency department of Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine Hospital for cyanocobalamin injection. Considering that losses may occur during the data collection process, the study will be completed with a total of 120 patients. Intramuscular injection of the deltoid November will be applied to the intervention-1 group with a cold needle, intervention-2 group with a shotblocker, and the control group with the standard method. People will be determined by block randomization. After each application, the pain and satisfaction due to the injection will be evaluated. The data will be compared between the groups.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Being between the ages of 18-65, * No problems with speaking and understanding Turkish, * Body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 30, * Just starting the first dose of cyanocobalamin treatment, * No history of allergy to the drug, * No vision, hearing or perception problems, * Having orientation to place and time, * No sensorimotor deficit, * No history of diabetes, * Not taking oral or parenteral analgesic treatment before the application, * VAS score before injection is "0", * No deficiency in limbs, * No pregnancy, * Female individuals who are not in their menstrual cycle, * Volunteering to participate in the research. Exclusion Criteria: * Another injection into the deltoid area, * Development of drug-related allergy or other complications, * Scar, incision, infection, sensitivity, burn, cut, etc. in the injection area. to be found, * Wants to leave the research.

What they're measuring

injection pain

Timeframe: up to 2 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06443099

SponsorNecmettin Erbakan University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-08-20