Effects of Shotblocker and Manual Pressure on Pain and Satisfaction

Necmettin Erbakan University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Satisfaction; Pain

Treatments: Other: Manual pressure; Other: Shotblocker

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06947525

NecErUn

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to determine the effects of shotblocker and manual pressure applied during peripheral venous catheter placement on pain and satisfaction. 81 patients hospitalized in the Urology clinic will be included in the study. Patients will be assigned to three groups as shotblocker (n=27), manual pressure (n=27) and control group (n=27) by block randomization method.

Research Hypotheses

• H1-1: The mean pain scores of the intervention group to which shotblocker was applied during peripheral intravenous catheterization are different from the control group.
• H1-2: The mean pain scores of the intervention group to which manual pressure was applied during peripheral intravenous catheterization are different from the control group.
• H1-3: The mean satisfaction scores of the intervention group to which shotblocker was applied during peripheral intravenous catheterization are different from the control group.
• H1-4: The mean satisfaction scores of the intervention group to which manual pressure was applied during peripheral intravenous catheterization are different from the control group.

Enrollment: 81 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Admission to the urology clinic,
• No verbal, perceptual and visual communication problems,
• Between the ages of 18 and 65,
• Literate,
• Volunteer to participate in the study,
• Not using medication that will create a chronic analgesic effect,
• Not having chronic or acute pain,
• No intervention has been performed on the vein where the PIC is placed in the last month,
• No scar tissue or infection in the areas where the PIC will be placed,
• Not having a disease that will cause problems in feeling pain (such as neuropathy)

Exclusion criteria

• The individual wants to leave the study,
• Feels unwell during the PIC placement (such as dizziness, palpitations),
• Uses sedatives or alcohol,

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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81 participants in 3 patient groups

Manual pressure

Experimental group

Description:

Before placing a peripheral intravenous catheter in the manual pressure group, the vein entry area will be pressed with the right thumb for 10 seconds. The pressure will be applied until the nail bed turns white.

Treatment:

Other: Manual pressure

Shotblocker

Experimental group

Description:

In the Shotblocker group, the shotblocker will be placed 2 cm above the vein entry point and will remain throughout the procedure.

Treatment:

Other: Shotblocker

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will undergo standard peripheral catheter placement without any intervention.