NCT05681338

Effect of the Coughing Technique During Subcutaneous Heparin Injection

Effect of the Coughing Technique During Subcutaneous Heparin Injection on Pain Severity and Individual Satisfaction

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Uludag University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 22 Years – 86 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Objective: to examine the effect of the medium intensity coughing technique during subcutaneous low molecular weight heparin injection on pain severity and individual satisfaction in general surgery patients. Method: a prospective, quasi-experimental study included 100 patients who had prescribed a subcutaneous low molecular weight heparin injection once in 24 hours. Each patient received two injections by the same researcher using standard injection technique with medium intensity coughing technique and only standard injection technique.

Detailed description

Aims and objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the effect on the level of pain severity and satisfaction of patients of the medium intensity coughing technique applied to patients during the administration of subcutaneous low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) injection. Design: This research was a prospective quasi-experimental study. Methods: It was conducted with 100 patients in the General Surgery Clinic of a university hospital in the Marmara Region of Turkey. Subcutaneous LMWH injections were administered by the same nurse to the outer side of the right and left upper arms by the standard injection technique and the medium intensity coughing technique. Immediately after the subcutaneous LMWH injection was given, a researcher who did not know which injection method had been used asked the patients to evaluate their pain levels by the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and their satisfaction with the performance of the injection by the Visual Individual Satisfaction Scale (VISS).

Conditions

• Thyroidectomy
• Colon Surgery
• Cholecystectomy
• Inguinal Hernia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	the medium intensity coughing technique	The medium intensity coughing technique: Immediately before the subcutaneous LMWH injection was given, patients were asked to cough twice at a medium level. After that, they were asked to cough ten seconds later for a second time at the same level, and while they were coughing for the second time, the needle was inserted into the tissue.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-17
• Primary completion: 2022-05-30
• Completion: 2022-06-30
• First posted: 2023-01-12
• Last updated: 2025-03-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)