NCT06417047

Effect of Hand Holding on Pain and Anxiety

Effect of Hand Holding on Reducing Intramuscular Injection-Induced Pain and Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 104 (actual)
• Sponsor: Necmettin Erbakan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Pain and Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Hand Holding	During the intramuscular injection, the aim is to draw the patients' attention elsewhere by holding their hand.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-07-20
• Primary completion: 2024-09-10
• Completion: 2024-09-10
• First posted: 2024-05-16
• Last updated: 2025-08-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)