NCT06956066

The Effect of SHOTBLOCKER

THE EFFECT OF SUBCUTANEOUS "SHOTBLOCKER" ON INJECTION PAIN, ANXIETY AND COMFORT LEVEL IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Medeniyet University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental cross over study to examine the effect of injection pain, anxiety and comfort level with the use of Shotblocker in geriatric patients undergoing subcutaneous injection. The study was defined on 80 patients who were inpatients in the internal wards of a hospital, and the experimental and control groups, which provided the appropriate conditions for the study, included the same people. Ethics committee approval, institutional permission and written informed consent forms were obtained from the individuals. Data were obtained by the researcher using Personal Information Form, Visual Analog Scale (VAS), State and Trait Anxiety Scale, Comfort Scale, Visual Patient Satisfaction Scale and Shotblocker.

Detailed description

This study was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental cross over study to examine the effect of injection pain, anxiety and comfort level with the use of Shotblocker in geriatric patients undergoing subcutaneous injection. The study was defined on 80 patients who were inpatients in the internal wards of a hospital, and the experimental and control groups, which provided the appropriate conditions for the study, included the same people. Ethics committee approval, institutional permission and written informed consent forms were obtained from the individuals. Data were obtained by the researcher using Personal Information Form, Visual Analog Scale (VAS), State and Trait Anxiety Scale, Comfort Scale, Visual Patient Satisfaction Scale and Shotblocker.

Conditions

• Shotblocker
• Injection Pain Prevention
• Pain
• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BIOLOGICAL	shotblocker	SHOTBLOCKER Shotblocker is a drug-free and non-invasive plastic device for all age groups that is placed during injection to press against the site of administration. It has standardized dimensions and is designed in a small, flat, horseshoe (U) shape with several blunt points on one surface in direct contact with the skin.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-21
• Primary completion: 2024-11-23
• Completion: 2024-12-21
• First posted: 2025-05-02
• Last updated: 2025-05-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)