مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Effect on Pain of the Use of Two Different Lubricants in Urethral Bladder Catheterization

Abstract :

Objective: This was a quasi-experimental study realized in order to analyze the efficacy of lidocaine and lubricating gel used for catheter lubrication during catheter application for pain relief. Method: The study population consisted of 126 patients who underwent caesarean section delivery and urethral catheterization in a hospital in Giresun between the dates of August 2010-January 2011. Case Report Form and Visual Analog Scale were used to gather data. In the study, normal saline for the control group, lidocaine gel for the first application group, lubricating gel for the second application group were used for catheter lubrication during urinary bladder catheterization. The pain levels of the patients were evaluated after catheterization. Written permissions of the ethics committee and of the institution where the research was carried out, and written/oral permissions of the patients taking part in the study were granted to realize this research. Results: It was determined that pain was observed in the 78.6% of the patients in the control and second application group, in the 52.4% of the ones in the first application group; and their mean pain scores were determined to be 2.19±1.99 in the control group, 1.29±1.87 in the first application group, and 2.03±1.91 in the second application group. It was determined that there was a significant difference (p 0.05) among the groups in terms of observed rate of pain. However, there was not a significant difference in their mean pain scores. Conclusion:It was determined that using of lidocaine gel in ürethral catheterization reduced pain rate, howewer, it did not affect severity of pain.