# Patient Comfort During Dermatologic Procedures

> **NCT02816996** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Northwestern University** · enrollment: 135 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pain
- Anxiety

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Hand-holding
- **PROCEDURE:** Stress Ball

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02816996
- **Lead sponsor:** Northwestern University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-01-24
- **Primary completion:** 2017-04-26
- **Final completion:** 2017-04-26
- **Target enrollment:** 135 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2021-12-06


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02816996

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02816996, "Patient Comfort During Dermatologic Procedures". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-04 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02816996. Licensed CC0.

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