Open AccessA study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of ice to reduce the pain of immunisation: The ICE trial
Author(s) -
Yashodha Ediriweera,
Jennifer Banks,
Leanne Hall,
Clare Heal
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
australian journal of general practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2208-794X
pISSN - 2208-7958
DOI - 10.31128/ajgp-02-21-5838
Subject(s) - medicine , placebo , physical therapy , logistic regression , randomized controlled trial , visual analogue scale , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology
Vaccine injections commonly cause iatrogenic pain. Ice may reduce pain. This is a study protocol for a prospective randomised controlled trial aiming to investigate the efficacy of ice packs to decrease vaccine-related pain in adults.