Chronic Pain
Conditions
Interventions
This is a two-arm, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial with 5 phases: (1) initial meeting with patients to measure pain levels, mood states and functionality
(2) share of patients into two groups, each containing 15 members, being distributed according to the type of stimulation: left prefrontal dorsolateral area and sham (3) the application of ten session
E02.331.750
Sponsors
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age between 18 and 75 years; previous medical evaluation with clinical diagnosis of depression; anxiety; chronic pain and pressure lability and being on hemodialysis treatment
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Evidence of any cognitive deficit (senile dementia, Alzheimer's); presence of physical and / or organic difficulties; individuals with severe cardiovascular risk or hemodynamically unstable; history of seizures or epileptic disease; pregnancy; metallic implants in the head or neck and cardiac pacemaker
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected primary outcome 1: Moderate pain improvement verified by a 30% decrease in the visual analog pain scale in patients undergoing hemodialysis with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) ;Primary outcome found 1: Strong decrease in pain symptoms verified through a 79% decrease in the visual analogue pain scale in patients undergoing hemodialysis with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected secondary outcome 1: Depression improvement according to moderate (30% of improvement) decrease scores of the Beck depression inventory in patients undergoing hemodialysis with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS);Secondary Outcome found 1: Mild decrease (13%) in the symptoms of depression verified through the decrease in the Beck Depression Inventory scores in patients undergoing hemodialysis with transcranial direct current stimulation (ETCC);Expected secondary outcome 2: Improvement of 30% or more in anxiety symptom verified by the reduction of the Hamilton Anxiety Questionnaire in patients undergoing hemodialysis with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS);Secondary outcome found 2: Improvement of 23% in the symptom of anxiety verified through the decrease of the scores of the Hamilton Anxiety Questionnaire in patients who undergo hemodialysis with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactRodrigo Freitas
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Outcome results
None listed