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Effectiveness of Dry Cold Application on Pain and Bruise at the Subcutaneous Injection Site Among Patients Admitted in ICU

NCT03233321 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2017-07-28

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Summary

The study evaluate the effectiveness of dry cold application on pain intensity and bruise at the subcutaneous injection site among patients admitted in medical I.C.U. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 60 hospitalized patients (30 in experimental and 30 in comparison group). Dry cold was applied to the subcutaneous injection site using ice bag filled with crushed ice with half table spoon of salt for 20 minutes after the administration of injection and no intervention was given in comparison group.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Dry cold application

Dry cold application using ice bag (Crushed ice was filled in ice bag with ½ table spoon of salt and then covered by clean linen to prevent moisture) was placed over the injection site for about 20 minutes.

OTHER

sub cutaneous injection (low molecular weight heparin)

sub cutaneous injection (low molecular weight heparin) has been administered on injection site

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maharishi Markendeswar University (Deemed to be University)

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dr. Poonam Sheoran, PhD,Nursing · MM university, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India.

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2017-06-30

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