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

The Effect of Acupressure (GB30) on Ventrogluteal Intramuscular Injection Pain - A Crossover Randomized Single-blind Study

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 Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Acute Pain; Injection; Needle Phobia
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Acupressure

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 72
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 25 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Body Mass Index (BMI) of 18.5 to 29.9kg/m2
• Voluntariness

Exclusion Criteria:

• history of IM injection within 2 weeks

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Acupressure; Acupressure is applied before injection	Procedure: Acupressure; Acupressure was performed before the injection onto GB30 point
No Intervention: Control group; acupressure is not applied before injection

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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	2 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
• Investigators: Study Director: Gökhan inangil, Sultan Abdulhamid Han

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Chung JW, Ng WM, Wong TK. An experimental study on the use of manual pressure to reduce pain in intramuscular injections. J Clin Nurs. 2002 Jul;11(4):457-61. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00645.x.
• Suhrabi Z, Taghinejad H. Effect of acupressure (UB32) on pain intensity in intramuscular injections. Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2014 Jan;19(1):24-7.
• Hosseinabadi R, Biranvand S, Pournia Y, Anbari K. The Effect of Acupressure on Pain and Anxiety Caused by Venipuncture. J Infus Nurs. 2015 Nov-Dec;38(6):397-405. doi: 10.1097/NAN.0000000000000065.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 30, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 30, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): June 12, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 13, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 11, 2018
• Last Verified: June 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Acute Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: Sultan Abdulhamid

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No