The Effect of Cold Therapy on Pain and Anxiety During the Implanted Port Catheter Removal

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Completed

• Conditions: Pain; Anxiety
• Interventions: Other: cold therapy application

• Registration Number: NCT05214703
• Lead Sponsor: Yuksek Ihtisas University

Brief Summary

This study was conducted as a quasi-experimental study to examine the effect of cold therapy on pain and anxiety during venous port catheter removal.

Detailed Description

Pain and anxiety experienced during diagnosis and treatment in cancer patients affect the physical, psychological, and interpersonal well-being of individuals and affect their lives in all aspects. Nurses play a very important role in pain control. Pain control is very important in terms of ensuring the comfort of patients and increasing their quality of life. In order to provide this control; nurses can use non-pharmacological treatment methods that they can apply independently in pain management. Patients experience procedural pain during insertion and removal of an implantable port catheter, which is one of the painful invasive procedures that are placed under the skin with a small incision, and insertion of a needle into the port catheter. When the literature is examined, it is seen that there are a limited number of studies in which non-pharmacological methods are used in the control of pain and anxiety related to the implantable venous port catheter procedure, and in these studies, distraction, music therapy, and inhaler aromatherapy. However, no study was found in which cold application was used to reduce the pain and anxiety caused by the removal of the port catheter in cancer patients. Therefore, the aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of cold application on procedural pain and anxiety associated with port catheter removal, which is frequently used in the treatment of cancer patients. Cold therapy as an independent nursing intervention in reducing anxiety and pain management during port catheter removal in cancer/oncology patients; can be transferred to clinical practice by oncology nurses, improving the quality of nursing care, ensuring patient safety, and increasing patient satisfaction. In addition, the results of the research may contribute to the literature in terms of increasing evidence-based information on the use of the cold application in procedural pain and anxiety control in cancer patients.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-02-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-06-01
• Study Completion: 2018-09-01
• Status Verified: 2022-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-01-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-27
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-31
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 112

Inclusion Criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of cancer disease
• 18 years and over
• no analgesic medication before three hours before the catheter removal procedure
• conscious and cooperative
• no communication problems
• no visual no vision problems
• with stable vital signs
• without a diagnosis of anxiety disorder
• volunteer participation

Exclusion Criteria

• Body mass index less than 18.5
• receiving Oxaliplatin infusions before venous port catheter removal

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
cold therapy	cold therapy application	Pain scores were measured with a visual analog scale (VAS) before the port catheter was removed from the patients in the experimental group. Before the port catheters were removed, cold application with an ice pack was applied to the patients whose first visual analog scale measurement was made by the researchers. The cold application was terminated an average of 15 minutes after the body temperature decreased by 1 °C.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Vertical Visual Analog Scale(VAS)	20 minutes	Pain scores of the experimental and control groups were evaluated with VAS. The pain scores in both groups were shown to the patients by the researchers by showing the VAS, and they were asked to show at which point they experienced pain. The VAS scores of the patients in both groups were measured 10 minutes before the port catheter was removed (1st measurement), immediately after the catheter was removed (2nd measurement), and 10 minutes after the catheter was removed (3rd measurement).; Pain intensity was measured by using a vertical visual analog scale(VAS) from "0 to 10", with high numbers meaning greater pain intensity. Iıt is indicated that compared with other tools, the vas is more sensitive and reliable in the measurement of pain intensity. Pain intensity can be categorized as mild (score, 1-3), moderate (score, 4-6), and severe (score, 7-10) according to the scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The StateTrait Anxiety Inventory(STAI-I)	20 minutes	The scores of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI-I) Anxiety levels of the experimental and control groups were evaluated with STAI-I. The STAI-I scores of patients in both groups were measured 10 minutes before port catheter removal (1st measurement), and 10 minutes after catheter removal (2nd measurement).; The patient's level of anxiety was evaluated by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI-I.). While the first 20 items in the scale determine the state anxiety level, the second 20 items evaluate the trait anxiety level. The scores obtained from both scales theoretically vary between 20-80. In terms of anxiety levels in STAI-I, "0-19 points" from the scale, no anxiety, "20-39" points mild, "40-59" points moderate, "60-79" points severe, "80" score is evaluated as the level of panic and severe anxiety.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Arzu Bahar; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey