Intramuscular Benzathine Penicillin Injection Procedure

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Injection Site Discomfort
• Interventions: Other: Intramuscular Injection

• Registration Number: NCT04420559
• Lead Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Brief Summary

The aim of this study was the determination of the effect of applying VR and DC distraction methods on patients' pain and satisfaction levels during IM benzathine penicillin injection.

The research hypothesis:

1. Are Virtual Reality and Distraction Card effective in reducing pain due to injection of IM benzathine penicillin?

2. Does the use of Virtual Reality and Distraction Card during the injection process of IM benzathine penicillin have an effect on patient satisfaction?

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-01-17
• Primary Completion: 2018-04-30
• Study Completion: 2018-04-30
• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-05
• Study First Posted: 2020-06-09
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-16
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 91

Inclusion Criteria

• agree to participate in the research,
• being over the age of 18,
• being native speaker,
• not having vision and hearing problems,
• being prescribed benzathine penicillin with a dose of 1.200.000 IU,
• being experienced of IM injection,
• not having IM injection for the last 1 month

Exclusion Criteria

• volunteers who have scar, incision, lipodystrophy, abscess, necrosis, hematoma, ecchymosis, infection, pain and paralysis at the VG site
• volunteers are excluded if the injection process cannot be performed at one time

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Virtual Reality	Intramuscular Injection	-
Distraction Card	Intramuscular Injection	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analog Scale for pain measurement	4 months	(Minimum score: 0 ; Maximum score:10) Higher scores mean a worse outcome

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analog Scale for satisfaction measurement (Minimum score: 0 ; Maximum score:10)	4 months	(Minimum score: 0 ; Maximum score:10) Higher scores mean a better outcome

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Gulhane Training and Research Hospital; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey