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

NCT03553901 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2018-06-13

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Acute Pain
  • Injection
  • Needle Phobia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupressure

Acupressure was performed before the injection onto GB30 point

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gökhan inangil · Sultan Abdulhamid Han

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-09-01
Primary Completion
2017-06-01
Completion
2017-08-01

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