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Prevalence of fear and anxiety of needle prick among undergraduate medical students during hematology practical.

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Healthy medical students who volunteer to participate in the study will be included.
needle prick, fear, anxiety, belonephobia, safety lancet, hematology, practical session
Registration Number
TCTR20220615005
Lead Sponsor
Department of Physiology, College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kolkata, India
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria

Healthy medical students who volunteer to participate in the study will be included.
Apparently healthy volunteers (male or female) in the age group of 17 to 25 years with normal body mass index (18.5 to 22.5 Kg/sq. m) will be included.

Exclusion Criteria

Volunteers who receive regular injections, are hypersensitive to needle prick, have callus or scar or burn injury on the desired finger, neuropathy, any known psychiatric illness will be excluded from the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain score Immediately after experiment Numeric pain score scale
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Symptoms of anxiety Immediately after experiment Categorical variables, frequency will be measured
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