NCT05716217

Training of Arms to Reduce Pain With Peripheral Venous Catheter

Can Training of the Armsy Reduce Pain When Inserting a Peripheral Venous Catheter, and How is it Experienced That There Can be Challenges With Vein Status for Patients in Cytostatic Treatment?

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 9 (actual)
• Sponsor: Vejle Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Female patients undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer often experience pain and discomfort when a peripheral venous catheter is inserted. This randomized, controlled trial investigates whether there is a difference in the degree of pain during PVC insertion in patients who exercise their arms, and whether exercise improves vein status. Participation involves: * Everyone must have had their peripheral venous catheter (PVC) inserted at least five times in the DROP-IN, which is an outpatient clinic staffed by anesthesia nurses who are specialists in applying PVCs. * Everyone will three times be asked to answer some questions in the DROP-IN, have their grip strength measured in both hands, and have the course of the veins in their arms clarified. * The training group must do arm training exercises daily for at least eight weeks (training equipment is provided) * Ten participants will at the end of the project period be invited to participate in a telephone interview about experiences of vein status during a cancer treatment course.

Conditions

• Pain
• Cancer
• Veins

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Arm training	Daily arm training program

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-28
• Primary completion: 2024-04-16
• Completion: 2024-04-16
• First posted: 2023-02-08
• Last updated: 2024-04-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark