An interventional study of Chewing gum was done during the intravenous blood draw procedure in Intravenous Blood Sampling and Pain and Anxiety, sponsored by Dicle University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-23.
Sponsored by Dicle University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of chewing gum during intravenous blood sampling on pain and anxiety levels in individuals.
The sample consisted of 170 individuals (85 in the experimental group and 85 in the control group) who attended the Gercüş Family Health Center in Batman between October 2025 and May 2026, agreed to participate in the study, and met the inclusion criteria.
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This study's enrollment of 170 is above the median of 70 across 2,101 interventional studies indexed under Pain.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Participants in the experimental group chewed gum during intravenous blood sampling
Procedure: Chewing gum was done during the intravenous blood draw procedure
whereas those in the control group received routine care.
Participants in the experimental group chewed gum during the intravenous blood sampling procedure. Participants in the control group underwent the routine blood sampling procedure without chewing gum. Pain and state anxiety levels were assessed before and after the procedure using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and the State Anxiety Inventory (STAI-I).
pain level-Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Pain level was assessed using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) before and after the intravenous blood sampling procedure in both the experimental and control groups.
Time frame: Before and immediately after the intravenous blood sampling procedure.
state anxiety level- state anxiety inventory(STAI-I)
State anxiety was assessed using the State Anxiety Inventory (STAI-I) before and after the intravenous blood sampling procedure in both the experimental and control groups.
Time frame: Before and immediately after the intravenous blood sampling procedure.
Plan to share: No
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Ran from Oct 2025 to primary completion in May 2026, 7 months.
Of 1,253 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Pain, half reached primary completion within 11 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 29. This study's 7 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 1,276 studies reached it within 11 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 30.
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