Needle Phobia, Pain, Spinal Anesthesia
Conditions
Brief summary
This was a single-blind, randomized controlled trial. Seventy-six patients who underwent spinal anesthesia for surgery were randomized into the Shotblocker group or Control group. Before the insertion of a 25-gauge spinal needle, Shotblocker was applied just before the spinal needle insertion in the Shotblocker group. 10-cm visual analog scale to evaluate the pain intensity of spinal needle insertion and a five-point scale for patient satisfaction were compared between the two groups.
Interventions
PROCEDUREShotblocker
Patients spinal injections were performed with Shotblocker placed onto injection site
PROCEDUREPlacebo
Patients spinal injections were performed without Shotblocker
Sponsors
Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients undergoing surgery
Exclusion criteria
* contraindications to regional anesthesia * refusal of the patient's regional anesthesia * intellectual disabilities that prevented completion of a visual analog scale (VAS)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment of pain during spinal needle insertion with 10 cm VAS (Visual Analog Scale) | 2 minutes | Assessment of pain during spinal needle insertion will be marked on 10 cm VAS scale 0-10 ( 0:no pain 10:Worst possible pain ) by the patient and will be measured |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Five point scale for patient satisfaction | 1 minutes | 5 very good, 4 good, 3 satisfactory, 2 unpleasant, 1 very unpleasant |
| Five point scale for anesthesists satisfaction | 1 minutes | 5 very good, 4 good, 3 satisfactory, 2 unpleasant, 1 very unpleasant |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed