Sleep, Pain and Stress in Adolescents With Persistent Pain (PedPainSleep)

Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Pain, Chronic; Sleep

Treatments: Behavioral: Neutral story; Behavioral: suggestive relaxation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05677412

ULSHelsinki

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main aim is the gain information of sleep structures in adolescents with persistent pain. Also to study simple interventions to support their sleep and pain management. The main aim of this study is to test the efficacy and feasibility of suggestive presleep relaxation technique in improving sleep quality and sleep-related emotional memory processing.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged 15-17 years with persistent (> 3months) pain reporting average pain intensity over 3/10 on the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS).

Exclusion criteria

• ongoing medication for sleep or pain.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

neutral story

Active Comparator group

Description:

Neutral story before the sleep onset

Treatment:

Behavioral: Neutral story

suggestive story

Experimental group

Description:

Suggestive story to find out the effect of relaxation to sleep structures.

Treatment:

Behavioral: suggestive relaxation