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It was aimed to examine the effect of the hand holding method applied during intramuscular injection on pain and anxiety.


Clinical Trial Description

This study was designed as a pre-test-post-test regular parallel group, randomized controlled experimental design. The research will be carried out in the Adult Emergency Service of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey, Konya City Hospital. Patients will be randomly divided into two groups: handholding (52) and control group (52). For the Hand Holding Group: After the patient is positioned appropriately, the patient's hand will be held by the researcher. Once the intramuscular injection is completed, the patient's hand holding will be stopped. For the Control Group: No application will be made during intramuscular injection in the control group. The primary outcome of this study is to determine patients' pain scores during the intramuscular injection procedure. The secondary outcome is to determine the anxiety levels of patients. ;


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NCT number NCT06417047
Study type Interventional
Source Necmettin Erbakan University
Contact Serpil SU
Phone 05052611380
Email ssu@erbakan.edu.tr
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date June 3, 2024
Completion date April 15, 2025

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