en General Nursing General Nursing پژوهشی اصيل Original Research <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#44546a">Aims:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> Hemodialysis is the most common treatment method for patients, and access to blood vessels is the way to save hemodialysis patients. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the effect of Hugo point cold therapy with the needle insertion site on pain caused by venipuncture in hemodialysis.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#44546a">Material & Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> This randomized clinical trial was carried out on hemodialysis patients of Hami Arak Dialysis Center in Arak, Iran. The samples were selected by purposive sampling (n=56) and assigned into two groups (28 samples each). For group A, an ice pack was used at the needle entry sites, and for group B, an ice pack was used at the Hugo point of the opposite hand for 10 minutes before cannulation by a nurse. The pain intensity of the patients was measured within 1 minute after cannulation and recorded based on the visual comparison scale of pain measurement (VAS). Data was analyzed using SPSS 23 software.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#44546a">Findings:</span></span></span></b><b> </b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">The average pain in groups A and B were 3.10&plusmn;86.81 and 4.2&plusmn;65.05, respectively. There was no significant difference in the average pain intensity between the two cold therapy groups at the needle insertion site and Hugo point (p>0.05). </span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#44546a">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> Cryotherapy intervention at the needle insertion site and Hugo&#39;s point have the same effect on reducing arteriovenous fistula cannulation pain.</span></span></span></span></span> Pain,Cold Therapy,Hemodialysis, 85 91 http://jccs.yums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-253-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 A. Sasani 10031947532846004016 10031947532846004016 No Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran K. Rahzani 10031947532846004017 10031947532846004017 Yes Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran D. Hekmatpou 10031947532846004018 10031947532846004018 No Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran F. Haghverdi 10031947532846004019 10031947532846004019 No Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran