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The Efficacy of Guided Imagery on Pain, Anxiety, and Coping for Adolescents Post-spinal Fusion

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What is being tested

Guided imagery intervention

Behavioral
Who is being recruted

Bone Diseases+6

+ Musculoskeletal Diseases

+ Neurologic Manifestations

From 11 to 20 Years
+5 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Interventional
Study Start: May 2010
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Summary

Principal SponsorSt. Justine's Hospital
Last updated: August 13, 2012
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Study start date: May 1, 2010

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Surgery to correct scoliosis (spinal fusion)generates a severe pain intensity rending pain management a complex task. Several studies have found out that pharmacological interventions alone were not enough to provide optimal pain management for these patients. The investigators developed a DVD on guided imagery, customized for teenagers, to help them cope better with their pain. The investigators believe that this type of intervention combined with their usual analgesic medication will help them to control their pain and foster rehabilitation.

NCT01663909
Principal SponsorSt. Justine's Hospital
Last updated: August 13, 2012
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

40 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 11 to 20 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Bone DiseasesMusculoskeletal DiseasesNeurologic ManifestationsSigns and SymptomsSpinal CurvaturesSpinal DiseasesPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsPainScoliosis

Criteria

4 inclusion criteria required to participate
Able to write and understand French
Aged between 11 and 20 years old
Have undergone a posterior/anterior arthrodesis surgery for idiopathic scoliosis
Requires a computer or DVD player at home
1 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Diagnosed with a moderate cognitive deficit or severe mental retardation

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

No Intervention

Group II

Experimental

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

CHU Ste-Justine Hospital

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