Effect of implementing local cooling in different times versus no implementation on pain severity and extend of bruise due to subcutaneous enoxaparin injection in cardiovascular patients
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Pain.Pain, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT201602029014N92
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice-chancellor for Research the Technology, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
(a) age of 30 to 70 years; (b) indication of subcutaneous enoxaparin injection for the first time; (c) conscious and ability to percept and state the pain.
Exclusion criteria: (a) receiving analgesic within past 4 hours; (b) death or discharge during 72 hours; (c) coagulopathy; (d) using anticoagulant agents.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measuring pain severity. Timepoint: immediately after injection. Method of measurement: using visual analog scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measuring extend of bruise. Timepoint: 12, 24, and 48 hours after injection. Method of measurement: using ruler.