Sleep, Pain and Stress in Adolescents With Persistent Pain
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Pain, Chronic
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
- Enrollment
- 20
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Sleep quality
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 7 months ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Reetta Sipilä
Head of research
Helsinki University Central Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
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.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Sleep quality
Time Frame: 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.