Effects of Local Cold Application and Manual Pressure Application on Pain, Comfort, and Injection Satisfaction in Subcutaneous Injection Application: Experimental Study

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the effects of local cold application and manual pressure application on pain, comfort, injection satisfaction during subcutaneous injection.Method: This research is a pre-test-post-test comparative experimental type study. Subcutan Injection were applied to the upper outer side of the right and left arms by the same nurse using local cold and manual pressure, and then Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Comfort, Injection Satisfaction scales were used.Results: In the study, the mean VAS scores after local cold and manual pressure applications were determined as 1.72±1.54 and 3.50±1.94, respectively, and statistical significance was found (p