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Purpose: This study was half-experimental in order to study the effectiveness of lidocaine and lubricant gel use in reducing pain during urine catheter application in women. Method: A sample of 126 patients who had been operated in a hospital in Giresun between August 2010 and January 2011 and were subjected to urethral catheterization. In the collection of data, the Facts Report Form and the Visual Comparison Scale were used. In the study during urethral mesh catheterization in the scaling of the catheter; serum physiological in the control group, lidokain gel in the 1st application group, and lubricating gel in the 2nd application group were used. The pain of the patients was assessed immediately after the catheterization. For the research, written/verbal permission was obtained from the ethical board and the institution in which the research was carried out from the patients who participated in the research. Results: 78.6 percent of patients in the control group and 2nd application group, 52.4 percent of patients in the 1st application group, and the average pain severity; 2.19±1.99 in the control group, 1.29±1.87 in the 1st application group, 2.03±1.91 in the 2nd application group. There was a significant difference in the rate of pain occurring between the groups (p < 0.05), and there was no significant difference between the rate of pain severity. The result:The use of lidocaine gel in the process of uretral catheterization was found to reduce the rate of pain, but was not effective in the severity of the pain

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