Impact of injection speed and volume on perceived pain during subcutaneous injections into the abdomen and thigh: a single‐centre, randomized controlled trial

Tim Heise, Leszek Nosek, Sibylle Dellweg, Eric Zijlstra, Jonas Kildegaard, Gitte Blach Nielsen, Thomas Sparre

Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism · 2014 · 105 citations · 24 references

Abstract

Injection speed had no effect on injection pain, whereas higher injection volumes caused more pain. The results of this study may be of value for guiding patients to use the appropriate injection site and technique to reduce their injection pain. Furthermore, these findings may have important implications for the development of new injection devices and drug formulations for clinical practice.

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