The Effect of Acupressure (GB30) on Ventrogluteal Intramuscular Injection Pain
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Brief Summary
Acupressure is an ancient manual therapy which fingers are used to press key points on the body. These points are the same with acupuncture points but in contrast to acupuncture, acupressure uses gentle but firm pressure with fingers and hands. The purpose of this study is to investigate effect of acupressure onto GB30 poin for ventrogluteal intramuscular injection pain.The study was designed as a prospective, single-blind, crossover study. The study included 72 volunteer students attending Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department.
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participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Sep 2016
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
September 1, 2016
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2017
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 1, 2017
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 30, 2018
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 12, 2018
CompletedJune 13, 2018
June 1, 2018
9 months
May 30, 2018
June 11, 2018
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Assessment of pain during intramuscular injection with 10 cm VAS (Visual Analog Scale)
Assessment of pain during intramuscular injection will be marked on 10 cm VAS scale 0-10 ( 0:no pain 10:Worst possible pain ) by the patient and will be measured
2 minutes
Study Arms (2)
Acupressure
EXPERIMENTALAcupressure is applied before injection
Control group
NO INTERVENTIONacupressure is not applied before injection
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Body Mass Index (BMI) of 18.5 to 29.9kg/m2
- Voluntariness
You may not qualify if:
- history of IM injection within 2 weeks
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Related Publications (3)
Suhrabi Z, Taghinejad H. Effect of acupressure (UB32) on pain intensity in intramuscular injections. Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2014 Jan;19(1):24-7.
PMID: 24554956BACKGROUNDHosseinabadi R, Biranvand S, Pournia Y, Anbari K. The Effect of Acupressure on Pain and Anxiety Caused by Venipuncture. J Infus Nurs. 2015 Nov-Dec;38(6):397-405. doi: 10.1097/NAN.0000000000000065.
PMID: 26536327BACKGROUNDChung JW, Ng WM, Wong TK. An experimental study on the use of manual pressure to reduce pain in intramuscular injections. J Clin Nurs. 2002 Jul;11(4):457-61. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00645.x.
PMID: 12100641BACKGROUND
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Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Gökhan inangil
Sultan Abdulhamid Han
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- CROSSOVER
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 30, 2018
First Posted
June 12, 2018
Study Start
September 1, 2016
Primary Completion
June 1, 2017
Study Completion
August 1, 2017
Last Updated
June 13, 2018
Record last verified: 2018-06