Comparison of Patients Undergoing Radial or Femoral Arterial Access for Percutaneous Catheterization-Nursing Aspects

• Conditions: Femoral Artery Access; Radial Artery Access

• Registration Number: NCT00638586
• Lead Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Brief Summary

Transradial access is a recently developed alternative for diagnostic andf interventional cardiac catheterization. We sought to compare the differences between patients that have undergone PTCA transradial and transfemoral access from the nursing point of view:

1. Anxiety levels

2. Pain at access point, pain in general and level of pain during mobility

3. Differences in feelings of embarrassement

4. Differences in satisfaction

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2008-03
• Study First Submitted: 2008-03-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-03-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2008-03-12
• Study First Posted: 2008-03-19
• Last Update Posted: 2008-03-19
• Study Start: 2008-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients scheduled for PTCA without any exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria

• Dementia
• Psychiatric patients
• Unconscious
• Minors
• Patients who had PTCA in past
• Patients who were initially scheduled for different access

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Hadera, Israel