Arteriovenous Fistula Cannulation Pain and Skin Cooling Device

Patients with chronic renal failure who are being treated with hemodialysis experience pain during invasive intervention with arteriovenous fistula. This condition negatively affects hemodialysis patients and leads to a decrease in their quality of life. In order to reduce the pain and fear experienced during arteriovenous fistula intervention, it is recommended to use pharmacological methods as well as nonpharmacological methods. Antistress ball, which is one of the nonpharmacological methods, reduces pain during arteriovenous fistula intervention by causing distraction in hemodialysis patients, but its effect on fear of pain is not yet known. Of the other nonpharmacological methods, the valsalva maneuver reduces pain during vascular intervention, but the pain and fear of pain during arteriovenous fistula intervention have not yet been investigated. In the same way, the effects of skin cooling device on pain and fear of pain during arteriovenous fistula intervention are unknown. The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to; to determine the effect of the antistress ball, valsalva maneuver and skin cooling device, which are one of the nonpharmacological methods applied to hemodialysis patients, on the level of pain and fear of pain due to arteriovenous fistula cannulation. This study will be conducted in an experimental type and 60 patients receiving hemodialysis treatment at X State Hospital hemodialysis unit will form the sample of the study. All patients in the experimental group will be given nonpharmacological applications (antistress ball, valsalva maneuver and skin cooling application) for 8 weeks, three times a week. The control group will not be given any intervention and will receive routine treatment. The 'Pain Catastrophization Scale' will be applied to the experimental and control groups before, in the middle and after the research. The 'Visual Analog Pain Scale\" will be used to determine the pain severity of hemodialysis patients before and after arteriovenous fistula intervention.