Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
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.
Interventions
PROCEDUREtraining in hypnoanalgesia
training nurses in hypnoanalgesia techniques to perform painful procedures in children followed in the outpatient hematology oncology clinic
Sponsors
St. Justine's Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| 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. | 12 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main secondary outcome measure : self-reported distress (fear) on VAS (visual analog scale). | 12 months |
| Distress evaluated with the Faces, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability scale by two external evaluators on video recordings. | 12 months |
Countries
Canada
Contacts
Primary ContactTerry Mizrahi, MD
Backup ContactMichel Duval, MD
Outcome results
None listed