NCT02107742

The Influence of Injection Speed on Pain During Administration of Local Anaesthetic.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will investigate the influence of injection speed on pain during injection of lidocaine. It is anticipated that a longer injection time will lead to less pain for the patient during the injection. This hypothesis will be tested on healthy volunteers, who will each receive three injections with the same amount of lidocaine subcutaneously on the abdomen. The injections will be given over 15, 30 and 45 seconds. After each injection, the subject will be asked to evaluate the pain on a Visual analog scale (0-100 mm). The aim of the study is to find a simple method for pain reduction that can be used in clinical practice.

Conditions

• Needlestick Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Normal speed lidocaine injection	30 seconds
PROCEDURE	Slow lidocaine injection	speed 45 seconds
PROCEDURE	Fast lidocaine injection	speed 15 seconds

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-06-01
• Completion: 2014-06-01
• First posted: 2014-04-08
• Last updated: 2016-12-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway