Development and Evaluation of a Nursing Virtual Intervention Tailored for Pain After Cardiac Surgery (SOULAGETAVIE)

Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Cardiac Surgery; Adult; Pain Management; Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: soulageTAVIE

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01084018

CE 09.214

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this project is to develop and evaluate the effects of a computer-tailored intervention targeting pain barriers and catastrophizing in adults having cardiac surgery.

The hypotheses are that in the experimental group, in comparison to the control group, participants will show lower levels of pain, less pain interference in their activities, less attitudinal barriers, and less pain catastrophizing.

A pilot-RCT is privileged to assess the preliminary effects of the intervention on the following outcomes: pain intensity, analgesic consumption, pain interference, barriers and pain catastrophizing.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• first intention cardiac surgery
• 18 years old or more
• able to fill up questionnaires in french

Exclusion criteria

• participation to another psychosocial intervention
• cognitive or psychiatric disorder