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The Effect of Helfer Skin Tap Technique During Tetanus Injection in Pregnant Women

NCT05761340 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 65

Last updated 2023-03-09

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Summary

Intramuscular (IM) vaccination administered using the right injection technique is known to cause less pain and injury. Nurses employ different approaches like applying pressure, tapping the skin, cold and hot applications for reducing the pain caused by the IM vaccine administration. Helfer skin tap is among the techniques that relax muscles.

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of Helfer skin tap technique on pain reduction and hemodynamic parameters during tetanus injection in pregnant women. This study was conducted on pregnant women who applied to the Family Health Center to get a tetanus vaccine. The Helfer skin tap and standard application groups each included 33 and 32 pregnant women, respectively.

Conditions

  • Intramuscular Injection
  • Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Helfer skin tap injection technique

1. Place the patient in a seated position and open his right arm to inject into the deltoid muscle. 2. After determining the injection site, use the tips of the dominant hand fingers to hit the skin (about 15 strokes) for about five seconds to soften the muscles. 3. After cleaning the skin with alcohol, remove the syringe cover from the dominant hand. Make a V with the non-dominant hand and hit the skin three times. 4. During the third stroke, prick the syringe into the muscle at 90 degrees angle at the same time. 5. After aspiration, continue to hit the skin with the tips of the non-dominant hand fingers while injecting the drug with the dominant hand at a rate of 1 ml / 10 seconds. 6. After injecting the drug, make the non-dominant hand V-shaped and hit the skin three times, pulling the syringe needle out at the same time during the third stroke

PROCEDURE

Standard Injection technique

1. Place the patient in a seated position and open his right arm to inject into the deltoid muscle area. 2. After determining the injection site, prepare the skin with alcohol. 3. Grasp the skin with the thumb and index finger of the non-dominant hand and prick the syringe into the muscle at a 90-degree angle. 4. After aspiration, inject the drug with the dominant hand at a rate of 1 ml /10 seconds. 5. Remove the syringe needle 10 seconds after the drug is consumed

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Celal Bayar University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aslı Karakuş Selçuk, PhD · Manisa Celal Bayar University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-08-30
Primary Completion
2022-03-30
Completion
2022-03-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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