Anxiety and pain perception using a speculum-free eyelid retraction technique for intravitreal injection

Autor: Lauren M. Wasser, Eduardo Roditi, Adina R. Weiss, Yishay Weill, Meni Koslowsky, David Zadok, Joel Hanhart, Itay Magal
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 260:2023-2028
ISSN: 1435-702X
0721-832X
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-021-05422-7
Popis: This study compared pain and anxiety levels in individuals receiving intravitreal injections (IVIs) using a speculum-free injection technique, the lid splinting eyelid retraction technique, or using a speculum.This was a prospective study of individuals receiving IVI at a single tertiary care medical center who responded to a questionnaire and visual analog scale (VAS) between December 2019 and January 2020. In one group, a speculum was used prior to injection, whereas in the other group, a speculum-free injection technique was used.A total of 108 individuals were included in this study: 54 received IVI with the speculum-free lid splinting eyelid retraction technique and 54 received IVI with a speculum. A correlation between pain and anxiety was demonstrated in the control group (p-value 0.01); however, in the speculum-free group, this correlation was lower and not significant. When comparing pain and anxiety between the study groups, lower median pain (Mood's: Z = 5.378, p-value 0.001) and lower anxiety (Mood's: Z = 2.108, p-value = 0.035) scores were demonstrated in the speculum-free group than in the control group. The distribution of pain scores was significantly different between the study groups (Kolmogorov-Smirnov: D = 0.518, p-value 0.001), and trending differences in anxiety between the groups were observed (Kolmogorov-Smirnov: D = 0.259, p-value = 0.053).The lid splinting eyelid retraction technique, a speculum-free technique, was associated with less anxiety and pain in patients than the use of a speculum. As IVI often involves repeated treatment, identifying modifiable factors that may relieve anxiety and pain is of utmost importance.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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