the effect of manual pressure on intramuscular injection pain severity

the effect of manual pressure on intramuscular injection pain severity     nasiry h [1] , rahmani anaraki h [2] , asayesh h [3] *, hesam m [4] , shariati ar [5] , bathai sa [6]     received: 10 dec , 2012 accepted: 21 feb , 2013     abstract:   background & aims : pain is one of the common experiences with intramuscular (im) injection. pain relieving technique is very important in promotion of the procedure implantation quality and the patients&apos; satisfaction. this study was done to evaluate the manual pressure effect on im injection pain severity.   materials & methods : in this experimental study, 98 outpatients that referred to gorgan 5th azar hospital were allocated randomly to intervention (n=50) and control (n=48) group. in intervention group immediately prior to im injection of penicillin, manual pressure with thump finger was applied in injection site for 10s. control group injections were done without any intervention, as a routine way. after injection, pain was measured with visual analog scale (vas). data was analyzed by spss 16 using independent t-test and one way anova. in all tests, level of significance was considered less than 0.05.   result : age mean and gender distribution in two groups did not have statistically difference. the mean of im injection pain severity score in intervention and control group were 3.50(±.96) and 5.47(±1.18) respectively and this deference was statistically significant (p<0.05).   conclusion: manual pressure in im injection site leads to pain relief and we can apply the technique for decreasing of pain and patient comfort promotion.   keywords: pain, injection, intramuscular injection, manual pressure     address: educational campus of qom university of medical sciences, paramedical faculty, shahid lavasani street, qom   tel: (+98) 9127157538 email : [email protected]   [1] msc in nursing, instructor, faculty member, golestan university of medical sciences, nursing and midwifery faculty, gorgan, iran  [2] msc in nursing, instructor, faculty member, golestan university of medical sciences, nursing and midwifery faculty, gorgan, iran  [3] msc in nursing, instructor, faculty member, qom university of medical sciences, paramedical faculty, qom, iran.( corresponding author)*  [4] faculty member, golestan university of medical sciences, nursing and midwifery faculty, gorgan, iran  [5] faculty member, golestan university of medical sciences, nursing and midwifery faculty, gorgan, iran.  [6] msc in nursing, instructor, faculty member, qom university of medical sciences, paramedical faculty, qom, iran