The Effect of Cold Therapy on Pain and Anxiety During the Implanted Port Catheter Removal
Pain, Anxiety
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Pain focused on measuring Cancer, Venous Port Catheter, Cold Therapy, Pain, Anxiety
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinical diagnosis of cancer disease
- 18 years and over
- no analgesic medication before three hours before the catheter removal procedure
- conscious and cooperative
- no communication problems
- no visual no vision problems
- with stable vital signs
- without a diagnosis of anxiety disorder
- volunteer participation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Body mass index less than 18.5
- receiving Oxaliplatin infusions before venous port catheter removal
Sites / Locations
- Arzu Bahar
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
cold therapy
no intervention
Pain scores were measured with a visual analog scale (VAS) before the port catheter was removed from the patients in the experimental group. Before the port catheters were removed, cold application with an ice pack was applied to the patients whose first visual analog scale measurement was made by the researchers. The cold application was terminated an average of 15 minutes after the body temperature decreased by 1 °C.
The patients in the control group did not receive any intervention before and after port catheter removal.