Acupressure and Fistula Needle Insert Pain Management
CompletedNot applicableNCT05971134
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Introduction: This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of acupressure application on Hegu (LI4) point on the severity of acute pain caused by fistula needle in patients with brescia-cimino, snuff-box and antecubital fistula. Methods: This study was randomized control study which was conducted with 66 intervention and 65 control participants. The participants in the intervention group were divided into 3 groups according to the fistula area. Data were collected using Descriptive Information Form and pain scale.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Acupressure Applied to Different Fistula Area on Fistula Needle Insert Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5 (Disorder)
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Acupreesure applied
- Sponsor
- Baskent University
- Start date
- 2022-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2023-02-01
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria 18 years or older have brescia-cimino, snuff-box or antecubital fistula speak Turkish have hemodialysis(HD) treatment three times a week have not used analgesics in the last 6 hours had no pain who volunteered to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria With aneurysmatic fistula had soft tissue damage infection in extremities has coagulations and bleeding problems.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05971134