A Comparison on the Level of Pain Related to Methods of Blood Sugar test using VAS.
- Author:
Ja Yun CHOI
1
;
Keum Seong JANG
;
Hyun Oh KIM
;
Ok Yeub CHOI
;
Min Hee PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Mokpo Catholic University, Chonnam Research Institute of Nursing Science, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Pain;
Blood glucose;
Pain measurement
- MeSH:
Blood Glucose*;
Compliance;
Gwangju;
Humans;
Needles;
Pain Measurement;
Weights and Measures
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing
2003;15(1):14-21
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PUPPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine the level of pain related to a blood sugar test. Specifically, the study attempts to compare the varying degree of pains when different types of blood sugar test are used. METHOD: A sample of 56 subjects is composed of DM patients admitted to a medical ward of C university hospital in Gwangju. Data were collected from July, 2001 to December, 2001. The blood sugar tests were administered in four different ways: (1) the use of 27G needle only, (2) the use of 27G needle followed by ice-packed treatment, (3) the use of 27G needle after EMLA cream application, and (4) the use of lancet. The degree of pain is measured with a visual analogue scale and performed twice. RESULT: In both measures, the use of 27G needle only method is shown to cause the highest level of pain in comparison with the rest of methods (F=4.01, p=.01; F=8.14, p=.00). However, the differences in pain between time in all methods were not found to be significant (t=-.85, p=.40; t=.80, p=.42; t=.31, p=.75; t=.19, p=.85). CONCLUSION: The study results indicate that the method using lanceter is more recommendable than the use of 27G needle only method. Further research is needed to support the current study result with the use of different measurement scales and to determine effective methods of blood sugar test to lower pain and compliance.
