Child, Nausea, Neoplasms, Pain, Sleep Hygiene, Vomiting
Conditions
Brief summary
Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep quality and pain are the common symptoms experienced by children with cancer. These symptoms significantly devastate the children's quality of life. Hypnosis is found to be effective in managing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep quality and pain in children with cancer. In addition, virtual reality is shown to promote the effectiveness of hypnosis in managing these symptoms. However, no study so far has examine it effectiveness in Hong Kong Chinese children with cancer. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness in the use a virtual reality device to improve chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep quality and pain among children with cancer in Hong Kong.
Detailed description
This study is a randomized controlled trial. We recruit 180 children with cancer who are aged 9 to 18 and Chinese speaking and allocate them into experimental and control group. The experimental group will receive a 15-minute hypnosis using virtual reality when they are experiencing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep quality or pain. The control group will receive no intervention.
Interventions
DEVICEHypnosis VR
Children will be required to wear a VR gadget for hypnosis when they are experiencing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, sleep quality or pain. The duration is 15 minutes.
Sponsors
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
9 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Aged 9 to 18 * Can read Chinese and speak Cantonese * diagnosed with cancer
Exclusion criteria
* with mental disabilities or cognitive dysfunction as identified in the medical record
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at the 6-month follow-up | at the 6-month follow-up | Children will be required to fill in the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at the 6-month follow-up. The score ranges from 0 to 21. Higher scores represent to poorer sleep quality. |
| The Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at the 6-month follow-up | at the 6-month follow-up | Children will be required o fill in the Chinese version of the Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at 6-month follow-up. The score ranges from 1 to 4. Higher scores represent a more severe nausea. |
| Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at the 6-month follow-up | at the 6-month follow-up | Children will be required to fill in the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at 6-month follow-up. The score ranges from 0 to 10. Higher scores represent a higher level of pain. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at baseline | at baseline | Children will be required to fill in the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at baseline. The score ranges from 0 to 21. Higher scores represent to poorer sleep quality. |
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at 1-month follow-up | at 1-month follow-up | Children will be required to fill in the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at 1-month follow-up. The score ranges from 0 to 21. Higher scores represent to poorer sleep quality. |
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at 3-month follow-up | at 3-month follow-up | Children will be required to fill in the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at 3-month follow-up. The score ranges from 0 to 21. Higher scores represent to poorer sleep quality. |
| The Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at baseline | at baseline | Children will be required to fill in the Chinese version of the Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at baseline. The score ranges from 1 to 4. Higher scores represent a more severe nausea. |
| Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at 1-month follow-up | at 1-month follow-up | Children will be required to fill in the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at 1-month follow-up. The score ranges from 0 to 10. Higher scores represent a higher level of pain. |
| Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at 3-month follow-up | at 3-month follow-up | Children will be required to fill in the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at 3-month follow-up. The score ranges from 0 to 10. Higher scores represent a higher level of pain. |
| Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at baseline | at baseline | Children will be required to fill in the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) at baseline. The score ranges from 0 to 10. Higher scores represent a higher level of pain. |
| The Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at 1-month follow-up | at 1-month follow-up | Children will be required to fill in the Chinese version of the Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at 1-month follow-up.The score ranges from 1 to 4. Higher scores represent a more severe nausea. |
| The Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at 3-month follow-up | at 3-month follow-up | Children will be required to fill in the Chinese version of the Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT) at 3-month follow-up. The score ranges from 1 to 4. Higher scores represent a more severe nausea. |
Contacts
Primary ContactEva Ho, PhD
Backup ContactKatherine Lam, PhD
Outcome results
None listed