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Assessment of Pain Scores During Intravitreal Injections of Afl ibercept Versus Ranibizumab

Hastaların İntravitreal Afl ibercept ve Ranibizumab Enjeksiyonu Sırasındaki Ağrı Skorlarının Değerlendirilmesi

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143–147
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2022-10-17
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Multivariable regression analysis revealed that pain perception was significantly lower in patients of older age, male patients, withhigher number of previous injections and higher educational status.Conclusions: Pain associated with both afl ibercept and ranibizumab IV injection is generally mild, and may be associated with epidemiologicfactors and the number of previous IV injection.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Purpose: To evaluate pain scores of patients during intravitreal (IV) afl ibercept versus ranibizumab injections.Materials and Methods: In this interventional study, 88 eyes of 88 patients who received IV anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (an-ti-VEGF) therapy were included.
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Key Findings & Data:Fourty three patients received IV 2.0 mg/0.05 ml afl ibercept injection with 30-gauge needle and 45 patientsreceived IV 0.05 mg/0.05 ml ranibizumab injection with 30-gauge needle.
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Conclusion & Impact:Multivariable regression analysis revealed that pain perception was significantly lower in patients of older age, male patients, withhigher number of previous injections and higher educational status.Conclusions: Pain associated with both afl ibercept and ranibizumab IV injection is generally mild, and may be associated with epidemiologicfactors and the number of previous IV injection.
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Purpose: To evaluate pain scores of patients during intravitreal (IV) afl ibercept versus ranibizumab injections.Materials and Methods: In this interventional study, 88 eyes of 88 patients who received IV anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (an-ti-VEGF) therapy were included. Fourty three patients received IV 2.0 mg/0.05 ml afl ibercept injection with 30-gauge needle and 45 patientsreceived IV 0.05 mg/0.05 ml ranibizumab injection with 30-gauge needle. The diagnoses of the patients were: 40 age related macular degen-eration, 39 diabetic macular edema, 4 central and 5 branch retinal vein oclusion. Immediately after the injection, patients were asked to gradetheir pain using the visual analog scale (VAS) of 0 (no pain) to 10 (unbearable/ worst pain). The main outcome measure was the pain scoreassessment. Additional parameters recorded included demographics (age, gender, education level) and clinical characteristics (indication forthe injection, number of previous IV injections).Results: The VAS pain scores in the afl ibercept and ranibizumab groups were 1.67± 0.81 (range, 0-7) and 1.24 ± 1.15 (range, 0-6), respectively(p = 0.10). Multivariable regression analysis revealed that pain perception was significantly lower in patients of older age, male patients, withhigher number of previous injections and higher educational status.Conclusions: Pain associated with both afl ibercept and ranibizumab IV injection is generally mild, and may be associated with epidemiologicfactors and the number of previous IV injection.

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Amaç: Hastaların intravitreal (IV) afl ibercept ve ranibizumab enjeksiyonu sırasındaki ağrı skorlarını değerlendirmek. Materyal ve Metod: Kesitsel çalışmamıza IV anti-vascular endotelyal büyüme faktörü (VEGF) yapılan 88 hastanın 88 gözü dahil edildi. Kırk üç hastaya 30-gauge iğne ile IV 2,0 mg/0,05 ml afl ibercept enjeksiyonu ve 45 hastaya 30-gauge iğne ile IV 0,05 mg/0,05 ml ranibizumab en- jeksiyonu yapıldı. Hastaların tanıları incelendiğinde; 40 yaşa bağlı makula dejenerasyonu, 39 diyabetik makula ödemi, 4 santral ven ve 5 ven dal tıkanıklığı mevcuttu. Enjeksiyondan hemen sonra, hastalara görsel analog skalasına (GAS) (0 ağrı yok-10 dayanılmaz şiddetli ağrı) göre algıladıkları ağrıları derecelendirmeleri istendi. Çalışmada ana değerlendirme ölçütü olarak ağrı skoru değerlendirilmesi yapıldı. Ayrıca hasta- ların demografi k (yaş, cinsiyet, eğitim seviyesi) ve klinik karakteristikleri (enjeksiyon endikasyonu, önceki IV enjeksiyon sayısı) kaydedildi. Bulgular: Hastaların GAS ağrı skorları afl ibercept ve ranibizumab grublarında sırasıyla 1,67± 0,81 (0-7) ve 1,24 ± 1,15 (0-6) idi (p = 0.10). Çok değişkenli regresyon analizinde ağrı algısının daha yaşlı, erkek, daha önce çok sayıda enjeksiyon yapılan yüksek eğitim seviyesi olan hastalarda anlamlı olarak daha düşük olduğu gösterildi Sonuç: Afl ibercept ve ranibizumab IV enjeksiyonu ilişkili ağrı genellikle hafi f düzeyde olmakta ve önceki IV enjeksiyon sayısı ve epidemi- yolojik faktörlerle ilişkili olabilmektedir.

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ÜNLÜ, M., SEVİM, D. G., KARACA, Ç., MİRZA, G. E., SÖNMEZ, S., ÖNER, A. (2022). Assessment of Pain Scores During Intravitreal Injections of Afl ibercept Versus Ranibizumab. Retina-Vitreus, Cilt: 27 - Sayı: 2, 143–147. https://ajindex.com/articles/589131

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