Reduction of Post Intravitreal Injection Bleeding and Pain by Ice
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Pain
- Sponsor
- Wolfson Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 40
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- pain
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Intravitreal injections are an efficient method for delivering intraocular therapeutic agents in numerous ophthalmologic diseases. However, side effects, such as pain and subconjunctival hemorrhage remain a major concern.
Prevention or alleviation of those side effects might shorten the healing duration and improve patients' quality of life.
Detailed Description
cooling the eye using ice patched prior to Intravitreal injections may ameliorated pain and subconjunctival hemorrhage incidences.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •patients receiving intravitreal injection
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
pain
Time Frame: change between VAS pain score at baseline and 10 minutes
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is a Likert-type scale (1-10). The VAS is a reliable tool in evaluating and quantifying ocular discomfort
Secondary Outcomes
- size of subconjunctival hemorrhage(change between subconjunctival hemorrhage at baseline and 10 minutes)