The effect of local pressure on pain severity

Evaluation of local pressure effect on needle puncture pain severity in patients candidates for spinal anesthesia

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20121219011822N7

Enrollment

116

Registered

2021-09-13

Start date

2021-07-11

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-01

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Conditions

Pain in spinal anesthesia.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: In patients undergoing spinal anesthesia, with a finger a pressure about 5 kg is applied to the needle entry point just before spinal anesthesia for 15 seconds. Int

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 50 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients are candidates for spinal anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: American Society of Anesthesiology Score<4 More than once tried to do spinal anesthesia History of spinal surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain severity. Timepoint: Immediately after spinal anesthesia. Method of measurement: Verbal Rating Scale (VRS).	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactBehrouz Karkhanei

Hamedan University of Medical Sciences

karkhanei@umsha.ac.ir+98 81 3264 0047

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026