Sleep, Pain and Stress in Adolescents With Persistent Pain

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Pain, Chronic; Sleep
• Interventions: Behavioral: suggestive relaxation; Behavioral: Neutral story

• Registration Number: NCT05677412
• Lead Sponsor: Helsinki University Central Hospital

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-09
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-10
• Study Start: 2023-05-23
• Status Verified: 2024-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-08-21
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-22
• Primary Completion: 2025-06-30
• Study Completion: 2025-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
suggestive story	suggestive relaxation	Suggestive story to find out the effect of relaxation to sleep structures.
neutral story	Neutral story	Neutral story before the sleep onset

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

New Childrens Hospital; 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland