Effect of Guided Imagery on Patients With Chronic Pain Related to Spinal Cord Injury

Effect of Positive Guided Imagery on Patients With in or Below-level Chronic Pain Related to Spinal Cord Injury

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00678548

Enrollment

Registered

2008-05-15

Start date

2008-10-31

Completion date

2009-03-31

Last updated

2015-04-08

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Conditions

Pain

Brief summary

Chronic pain after spinal cord injury in or below the level of injury is a common problem and can be severe. The purpose of our study is to investigate the effect of pleasant guided imagery on spinal cord injured patients with chronic pain in or below the level of injury.

Detailed description

The study is a controlled simple blind randomized prospective study. Subjects who live in Trøndelag ( Norway) and who have a traumatic or non traumatic spinal cord injury with chronic pain in or below the level of injury will be included in the study. Assessments: Pain will be measured with NRS(numeric pain rating scale) and BPIQ (Brief pain intervention questionnaire), anxiety and depression with BDI and BAI (Beck's depression and anxiety inventory) and quality of live with SF36 health survey. The subjects will be randomized in a treatment and control group. One group will use daily for four weeks a CD with a pleasant guided imagery, the other group will write a short pain diary. The NRS will be registered daily and the other assessments before and after the interventions.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPleasant guided imagery

CD with pleasant guided imagery

BEHAVIORALPain diary

Filling out a pain diary

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Traumatic and non traumatic SCI (spinal cord injury) persons in Trøndelag (Norway)

Exclusion criteria

* Not sufficient knowledge of the Norwegian language, cancer, serious cognitive impairment, abuse or dependence of alcohol, narcotics or analgesics and dissociative disorder

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pain intensity	four weeks	as measured by a numerical rating scale (daily) and Brief pain questionnaire (BPI) (baseline and after 4 weeks)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
BDI, BAI and SF36	pre and postintervention

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026