Effect of Z Technıque on Pain, Comfort, Symptoms in Ummunotherapy Areas
Condition: Immunotherapy
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      An allergy is an abnormal response of the immune system to a generally harmless antigen.
      Pollens in the air play an important role in the formation of respiratory allergies and can
      be a trigger for the development of allergies (Won, 2022). By providing relaxation by nurses
      and taking measures to ensure the continuity of relaxation; Maintaining the well-being of the
      individual, family or society is possible with the comfort theory (Kolcaba and Kolcaba, 1991;
      Kolcaba, 1994). Although subcutaneous immunotherapy is performed in the presence of
      specialist physicians and trained nurses, some local side effects may develop after
      injection. One of the local side effects is pain, swelling and redness at the injection site
      (Arslan and Caliskaner, 2022).

      The aim of this study; The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the treatment with
      the Z technique on allergy patients receiving immunotherapy on comfort, pain and adverse
      symptoms using a randomized controlled experimental method.

      The hypotheses of the study H0: Treatment with Z Technique for Allergy Patients Receiving
      Immunotherapy has no effect on comfort levels, pain and adverse symptoms H1: Treatment with Z
      Technique for Allergy Patients Receiving Immunotherapy Has an Effect on Comfort Levels H2:
      Treatment with Z Technique for Allergy Patients Receiving Immunotherapy Has an Effect on Pain
      Levels H3: Treatment with Z Technique for Allergy Patients Receiving Immunotherapy Has an
      Effect on Undesirable Symptoms
    

Detailed description: 
      An allergy is an abnormal response of the immune system to a generally harmless antigen.
      Pollens in the air play an important role in the formation of respiratory allergies and can
      be a trigger for the development of allergies (Won, 2022). By providing relaxation by nurses
      and taking measures to ensure the continuity of relaxation; Maintaining the well-being of the
      individual, family or society is possible with the comfort theory (Kolcaba and Kolcaba, 1991;
      Kolcaba, 1994). Although subcutaneous immunotherapy is performed in the presence of
      specialist physicians and trained nurses, some local side effects may develop after
      injection. One of the local side effects is pain, swelling and redness at the injection site
      (Arslan and Caliskaner, 2022).

      The aim of this study; The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the treatment with
      the Z technique on allergy patients receiving immunotherapy on comfort, pain and adverse
      symptoms using a randomized controlled experimental method.

      The hypotheses of the study H0: Treatment with Z Technique for Allergy Patients Receiving
      Immunotherapy has no effect on comfort levels, pain and adverse symptoms H1: Treatment with Z
      Technique for Allergy Patients Receiving Immunotherapy Has an Effect on Comfort Levels H2:
      Treatment with Z Technique for Allergy Patients Receiving Immunotherapy Has an Effect on Pain
      Levels H3: Treatment with Z Technique for Allergy Patients Receiving Immunotherapy Has an
      Effect on Undesirable Symptoms The research is a pre-post-test two-group randomized
      controlled study in experimental design.

      The research population consists of 104 patients who received allergy treatment in Kocaeli
      Derince Training and Research Hospital in the last year. In this study, "G. In the
      calculation made using the "Power-3.1.9.2" program and using a similar study at the sample
      level at 80% confidence level (yilmaz et al., 2016), a total of 60 individuals, 30 of which
      were experimental and 30 of which were control, was determined.
    

Intervention name(s): Pre-post test; experimental group
Intervention type(s): Other; Behavioral
Intervention description(s): Personal Information Form, Vas Scale, Undesirable Symptoms Form and General Comfort Scale Questions will be asked to immunotherapy patients with this research.; The experiment group will be applied with the Z technique.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Crossover Assignment
Intervention model description: experimental group: application of immunotherapy via Z technique control group: immunotherapy administration with standard procedure
Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary purpose: Health Services Research
Keywords: Immunotherapy; Z technique; comfort; pain