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Comparison of topical pressure and Hugo's point massage on pain of intramuscular injection

Comparison of dorsogluteal local pressure and Hugo's point massage with ice on pain sevirity due to intramuscular injection

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20191217045772N1
Enrollment
81
Registered
2020-04-22
Start date
2019-12-24
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-05-18

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Conditions

Factors Influencing Health Status and Contacting Health Services.

Interventions

Intervention 1: For intervention group 1, a local pressure with thumb to the injection site applied until the patient feels pain for 10 seconds, then inject immediately. Intervention 2: For interventi

Sponsors

Gonabad University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 50 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Informed consent to participate in the research. 2. Lack of stiffness, tenderness, and lesion at the injection site according to the patient's report. 3. No severe illness and pain duo to disease according to the patient's report. 4. No injection in that area a week ago according to the patient's report. 5. being completely alert and able to respond and determine pain based on visual pain scale 6. Having the sense of hearing, vision. 7.ability to communicate. 8. No pain before intramuscular injection. 9. Age between 18 and 50 10. do not recive opioid and non-opioid painkiller in 2 hours before injection. 11. Don't be pregnant.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Any new medical conditions that restrict muscle infusion or affect patients' pain.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pain caused by intramuscular injection. Timepoint: Immediately after the intramuscular injection. Method of measurement: Visual scale of pain.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public Contact??Fateme Saadati Baghsiahy

Gonabad University of Medical Sciences

Fatemeh.Saadati.66@Gmail.Com+98 51 5723 4385

Outcome results

None listed

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