Effectiveness of Vapocoolant Spray on Venipuncture Pain in Young Male Donors

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pain; Venipuncture
• Interventions: Other: Vapocoolant spray

• Registration Number: NCT04346732
• Lead Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Brief Summary

Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of vapocoolant spray in reducing pain related to venipuncture in young, healthy male blood donors.

Hypotheses:

H1: Vapocoolant spray reduces venipuncture pain during blood donation. H0: Vapocoolant spray does not reduce venipuncture pain during blood donation.

Detailed Description

After being informed about the study and potential risks, all patients giving written informed consent. Before the procedure was begun, the donors who agreed to participate in the study were met face-to-face and asked to fill in the "Informative Characteristics Form", the "VAS", the "Blood/Injection Fear Scale" and the "STAI-I" forms.Then the donors were assigned to their groups by the researcher.The donors in the control group were not given any intervention during the blood collection process. Vapocoolant spray was applied to the donors in the vapocoolant spray group. During the blood collection procedure, after the donors' skin was cleaned with antiseptic solution, spray was applied to the application site for a maximum of 10-15 seconds from a distance of 25 cm. In both groups, immediately following venipuncture, pain assessment was made with the VAS by the researcher, who did not know which group each participant belonged to.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-06-30
• Study Completion: 2016-06-30
• Status Verified: 2020-04
• Study First Submitted: 2020-04-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-04-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-14
• Study First Posted: 2020-04-15
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 88

Inclusion Criteria

• aged between 18 and 35
• BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m2
• speaks turkish
• male donor
• individuals who applied to make voluntary blood donations
• volunteers to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• donors who did not agree to take part in the study,
• donors with open wound, scar, infection, dermatitis, eczema or lesion at the venipuncture site, or donors with cold allergy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Vapocoolant spray	Vapocoolant spray	Vapocoolant spray was applied to the donors in the vapocoolant spray group.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline in venipuncture pain on the Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) during blood donation	immediately following venipuncture procedure	The VAS is used to inquire about pain levels resulting from venipuncture.In the 10 cm-long VAS, 0 indicates no pain, while 10 indicates the most intense pain.