NCT04144985

Comfort Comparison of Intravitreal Injection Eyelid Retraction Techniques

Eyelid Retraction Discomfort With Cotton Tipped Applicator, Unimanual and Speculum Intravitreal Injection Techniques: Eyelid Retraction Technique Randomized Comparison Trial (Eyelid RETRACT)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 99 (actual)
• Sponsor: New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study evaluated the discomfort associated with eyelid retraction during intravitreal injections. Participants had eyelid retraction with one of three methods: eyelid speculum, unimanual eyelid retraction method or with a cotton tipped applicator eyelid retraction technique. All participants were given a pain survey immediately after the injection to evaluate their discomfort level.

Detailed description

Comfort is an important factor in compliance and satisfaction during medical care With the millions of intravitreal injections done each year, even small improvements in participants' experiences could lead to significant benefit. During the process eye injections, the method of eyelid retraction has been shown to be one of the most significant sources of discomfort. Many ophthalmologists use an eyelid speculum to retract the eyelids, but potentially more comfortable methods exist. The purpose of our study was to test the comfort eyelid retraction with an eyelid speculum to that of the unimanual eyelid retraction method and a cotton tipped applicator eyelid retraction technique.

Conditions

• Intravitreal Injection
• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Visual analog scale (VAS) of pain to evaluate the discomfort participants experience.	Eyelid retraction was performed with one of the three methods (eyelid speculum, unimanual eyelid retraction or cotton tipped applicator assisted eyelid retraction) and participants were then asked to rate their discomfort during the procedure with a visual analog scale (VAS) of pain.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-10-01
• Primary completion: 2018-03-31
• Completion: 2018-03-31
• First posted: 2019-10-30
• Last updated: 2019-10-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States