The Effect of Acupressure (GB30) on Ventrogluteal Intramuscular Injection Pain

Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey72 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Acute Pain Injection Needle Phobia

Interventions

Acupressure was performed before the injection onto GB30 point

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 25 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Body Mass Index (BMI) of 18.5 to 29.9kg/m2 * Voluntariness Exclusion Criteria: * history of IM injection within 2 weeks

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

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

Time frame: 2 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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