Patient Comfort During Dermatologic Procedures

Northwestern University135 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this study is to find the effect of holding a patient's hand on anxiety and pain during dermatologic procedures.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

135

Conditions

Pain Anxiety

Interventions

Hand-holdingPROCEDURE

Subject will have their hand held.

Stress BallPROCEDURE

Subject will be given a stress ball to hold.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 and older * Undergoing a dermatologic procedure * Willing and able to understand and provide informed consent and communicate with the investigator Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects who have wound healing problems * Subjects who are unable to understand the protocol or to give informed consent * Subjects with self-reported mental illness or other psychological conditions, such as psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, cognitive disorders, depression with psychotic features, dissociative disorders

Locations (1)

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Anxiety

Subjects will complete the 6-item State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)

Time frame: immediately after dermatologic procedure

Pain

Subjects will complete a visual analog scale for pain ranging from "no pain at all" to "worst possible pain."

Time frame: immediately after dermatologic procedure

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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