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Abstract
Chemotherapy is the most common cancer treatment modalities that provide cure, control, or palliation. Most of the chemotherapeutic drugs are delivered intravenously. Due to the irritant and vesicant nature of the chemotherapy and repeated exposure to treatment, the cancer patients often experience a problem during cannulation. The rate of complications resulting from IV cannulation can be reduced by proper visualization and palpation of vein before IV cannulation (Moondeep et al., 2020). Moreover, several researches have proven that moist heat is safe and easy showing significant changes in vein visualization and pain reduction (Tokizawa et al., 2017).
The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of moist heat on vein’s integrity and pain among patients receiving peripheral intravenous chemotherapy.
Setting The study was carried out in the Oncology Department of Menoufia University Hospital, Shebin Elkom, Menoufia Governorate, Egypt.
Subjects A convenient sample of 100 adult patients of both sexes undergoing cannulation for peripheral chemotherapy treatment whose veins were neither visible nor palpable were selected and assigned alternatively into two equal groups.
Study group (I): 50 patients were received moist heat along with routine hospital cannulation.
Control group (II): 50 patients were received only to routine hospital cannulation.Tools of the study: Three tools were used for data collection.
Tool I: Structured Interviewing Questionnaire
Tool II: Vein assessment scale
Tool III: Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS)
Main findings of the present study:
There was a highly significant improvement in vein assessment score for study group post-intervention.
There was a highly significant improvement in pain score for study group after moist heat application.
Conclusion
Moist heat was effective in improving peripheral vein’s integrity (visibility & palpability).
Moist heat was effective in improving pain experience during cannulation.
Recommendations
The study should be replicated on larger samples at different settings to validate and generalize the findings.
The moist heat should be used across patients with different age groups and different diagnoses which requires frequent vein penetration.
Education of the nurses to use the moist heat is highly recommended.