Use of Topical Ice for Pain Modulation during Intravitreal Injections and Pain Assessment in patient with Age related macular degeneration Diabetic retinopathy Retinal vein occlusion Pain Topical ice anesthesia Intravitreal injection
Conditions
Interventions
Before entering the treatment room participants in intervention group will be given the minus 10degree Celsius ice pack which made of 20ml of water covered in small sterile small glove. And they will
Experimental Procedure/Surgery,No Intervention No treatment
Topical ice placing before intravitreal injection,standard pain control
Sponsors
None listed
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 20 years and above 2. Patients who were diagnosed with DME, DR, AMD or RVO by vitreoretinal specialist. 3. Patients who were diagnosed by OCT 4. Patients who need for intravitreal injections of anti-VEGF as their treatment 5. History of minimum of three IVT injection. 6. For patients who require bilateral IVT injections in the same visit, the eye with the most severe condition will be selected for this study. 7. Willing and signing the written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with conjunctival, episcleral or scleral defects on the study date. 2. Currently received other eyedrop apart from artificial tear in the study eye. 3. History of intraocular surgery in the study eye. 4. Higher than 22 mmHg of Intraocular pressure (IOP) 5. Not willing to attend in this study and denying to give an informed consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| pain score immediately after IVT injection Visual Analog Scale | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| complications after injection 30 minutes after injection observation and slit lamp examination | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactChatsiri Phumvichitr
Department of ophthalmology Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University
Outcome results
None listed