Pain, Chronic, Sleep
Conditions
Brief summary
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.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALsuggestive relaxation
suggestive story before sleep onset
BEHAVIORALNeutral story
neutral story before sleep
Sponsors
University of Helsinki
Helsinki University Central Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Experimental within-subject study design
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
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.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sleep quality | one night | The overnight PSG (Somnomedics) is used to measure sleep during two nights (Somnomedics, Somnoscreen plus HD), with the following recorded parameters: electroencephalography (left and right for F, C, O); left and right eletrooculogram; left and right electromyogram; electrocardiogram. Sleep recordings are done with portable devices so that the patients will sleep at their home during the recordings. |
Countries
Finland
Contacts
Primary ContactReetta M Sipilä, PhD
Outcome results
None listed