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

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

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 1Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01084018

Acronym

SOULAGETAVIE

Enrollment

Registered

2010-03-10

Start date

2010-02-28

Completion date

2010-09-30

Last updated

2010-09-15

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Conditions

Adult, Cardiac Surgery, Pain, Pain Management

Keywords

acute postoperative pain, nursing intervention

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALsoulageTAVIE

VITaPaCS consists in a 30 minute-computer-tailored preoperative session, which is animated by a virtual nurse who guides the participant through a learning process about analgesic medication intake, pain communication, and cognitive restructuring. The information and the strategies provided are specifically tailored to the participants' profile, determined by a screening questionnaire, but also by their responses in real-time during the computer session. Two postoperative clinical reinforcements of ten minutes are also provided by the treating nurse based on the flags identified through the preoperative session.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
pain intensity	24, 48, 72 hrs, 7 days, 6 months after surgery

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 24, 2026