Practices Made by Patients to Avoid Insulin Injection Pain

AVOIDING PAIN CAUSED BY INSULIN INJECTION Patients Using Insulin With Diabetes Seek For Painless Injection

Abstract Objective: This study was conducted to determine the knowledge levels of DM patients about the disease and insulin use, and their practices to avoid insulin injection pain.

Methods: Data were collected from 399 patients who administered insulin injections in the study. Patient identification form, disease and treatment compliance form, Morisky-8 Treatment Adherence Scale (MMAS-8), and Visual Analog Scale were used for data collection. The data were collected by the same researcher by face-to-face interview technique.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: filling out a survey

Detailed Description

The face-to-face interview technique was applied to all patients who met the inclusion criteria and accepted to participate in the study, in the waiting area of the internal medicine outpatient clinic. Data were collected by the same researcher. Questionnaire forms were filled in the form of questions and answers in 10-15 minutes.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 399

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Akşehir
    • Konya, Akşehir, Turkey
      • Selcuk University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Individuals with diabetes between the ages of 18-65

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients between the ages of 18-65, diagnosed with diabetes mellitus at least 1 year ago, injecting themselves with insulin.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having no communication problems, and having no mental illness were included in the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Other
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Completing the surveys	Completion of all questionnaires by patients	7 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Selcuk University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 15, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 15, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): April 15, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 27, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 3, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): October 5, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 5, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 3, 2022
• Last Verified: October 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: nursing care; lipohypertrophy; Insuline injection pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: Insulin Injection Pain

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

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