Arteriovenous Fistula Cannulation Pain and Skin Cooling Device
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT06588114
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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)
To determine the effect of the antistress ball, valsalva maneuver and skin cooling device, which are one of the nonpharmacological methods applied to hemodialysis patients, on the level of pain and fear of pain due to arteriovenous fistula cannulation.
Study details
- Official title
- Antistress Ball Applied to Hemodialysis Patients, Valsalva Maneuver and Pain Due to Arteriovenous Fistula Cannulation of Skin Cooling Device and the Effect of Fear of Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Chronic Kidney Disease on Hemodialysis
- Interventions
- Other: Antistress Ball
- Other: The Valsalva maneuver
- Other: Skin cooling
- Sponsor
- Karadeniz Technical University
- Collaborators
- Gümüşhane Universıty
- Start date
- 2024-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2024-11-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- 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: * be 18 years of age or older * Volunteering to participate in the study * Being a hemodialysis patient and being on hemodialysis for more than three months * Having an arteriovenous fistula that has been used for more than a month * To be hemodialyzed three times a week * To be literate * Absence of communication barrier * Not having any psychiatric diagnosis * Not having cognitive impairment Exclusion Criteria: * being under the age of 18 * It takes less than a month for the arteriovenous fistula to be newly opened * Having a different type of vascular interference from arteriovenous fistula * Having phlebitis, scar tissue, dermatitis, an incision or infection at the site of arteriovenous interference * Hemodialysis of the patient more or less than three times a week * Having any disease that may affect the perception of pain * Illiteracy * Having a psychiatric diagnosis * Having any discomfort in the hand and arm that allows squeezing the antistress ball * There is a communication barrier * Having a cognitive impairment
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06588114