Training Nurses in Basic Hypnoanalgesia Techniques (HYPNO-DIS)

April 15, 2015 updated by: Michel Duval, St. Justine's Hospital

Training Nurses in Basic Hypnoanalgesia Techniques to Reduce Procedural Distress and Pain in Children: a Pilot Study

Demonstrate that a 4-day training session will allow nurses to master basic hypnoanalgesia techniques, and this new tool will translate into a reduction of procedural distress and pain in their patients, thereby opening the way to larger clinical trials in various pediatric settings.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

36

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Quebec
      • Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1C5

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

5 years to 18 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • children followed in the hematology-oncology outpatient clinic at least 4 times per year
  • good understanding in French
  • use of topic anesthesia or distraction object allowed, as long as used at all venipuncture measured sessions

Exclusion Criteria:

  • prior use of hypnoanalgesia
  • patients coming for emergency or non-scheduled appointment
  • patients with acute pain on their scheduled appointment to the clinic
  • acute psychiatric disease

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: training in hypnoanalgesia
training nurses in hypnoanalgesia to perform painful procedure in children
Procedure: training in hypnoanalgesia
training nurses in hypnoanalgesia techniques to perform painful procedures in children followed in the outpatient hematology oncology clinic

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Practice performance of pediatric nurses after a 4-day training in hypnonalgesia techniques. Practice performance will be evaluated by two external evaluators on videotapes using a standardized scale.
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Main secondary outcome measure : self-reported distress (fear) on VAS (visual analog scale).
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months
Distress evaluated with the Faces, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability scale by two external evaluators on video recordings.
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

St. Justine's Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Michel Duval, MD, Ste-Justine Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

February 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2016

Study Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 12, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 15, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

April 20, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 20, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 15, 2015

Last Verified

April 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HYPNO-DIS

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