Pain and Anxiety
Conditions
Brief summary
It was aimed to examine the effect of the hand holding method applied during intramuscular injection on pain and anxiety.
Detailed description
This study was designed as a pre-test-post-test regular parallel group, randomized controlled experimental design. The research will be carried out in the Adult Emergency Service of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey, Konya City Hospital. Patients will be randomly divided into two groups: handholding (52) and control group (52). For the Hand Holding Group: After the patient is positioned appropriately, the patient's hand will be held by the researcher. Once the intramuscular injection is completed, the patient's hand holding will be stopped. For the Control Group: No application will be made during intramuscular injection in the control group. The primary outcome of this study is to determine patients' pain scores during the intramuscular injection procedure. The secondary outcome is to determine the anxiety levels of patients.
Interventions
OTHERHand Holding
During the intramuscular injection, the aim is to draw the patients' attention elsewhere by holding their hand.
Sponsors
Necmettin Erbakan University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor) The patients will be informed about the study and their consent will be obtained without explaining which group they are in. Since the researcher manages the implementation process of the study, researcher blinding cannot be done. In addition, it will be ensured that the researcher learns which group the patients are in after the patients accept to participate in the study. Thus, the internal validity of the research will be ensured. At the same time, blind technique will be applied in terms of statistical analysis in the research. The data will be recorded on the computer by the researcher without using the expression of experimental and control groups, and data analysis will be done by another statistician other than the person who made the randomization.
Intervention model description
Parallel Assignment
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Having vitamin B 12 1000 mcg/ml (1 ml ampoule) intramuscular treatment, * Being literate, * Are between the ages of 18-65, * No visual, hearing, sensory or motor loss or cognitive impairment, * Not using centrally or peripherally acting analgesics or sedatives, * There is no scar tissue, incision, lipodystrophy or signs of infection on the skin of the injection area, * Having a body mass index between 18.5 and 29.5, * Injected into the ventrogluteal area, * Individuals who agree to participate in the research will be included.
Exclusion criteria
* Those with chronic pain, * Having a psychiatric disorder, * Foreign nationals, * Patients with contact-communicable diseases will be excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Numerical Pain Scale | It will be filled within 1 minute after the intramuscular injection is completed. | A score of 0 indicated the lowest pain, and a score of 10 indicated the highest pain. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| State Anxiety Scale | It will be filled immediately before the intramuscular injection and within 1 minute after the procedure is completed. | A score between 20-80 is obtained. The highest score obtained from the scale indicates a high level of anxiety, while a low score indicates a low level of anxiety. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed