Implicit attention to itch: an exploratory study
Completed
- Conditions
- Itchpruritus10014982
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON41019
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiteit Leiden
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 39
Inclusion Criteria
Healthy volunteer; 18-30 years old; fluent in Dutch language
Exclusion Criteria
Severe morbidity (e.g., multiple sclerosis, diabetes mellitus, heart or lung disease, rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis), psychiatric disorders (e.g., depression), use of pacemaker, chronic itch or pain complaints, current use of medication, pregnancy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcome is, in the somatosensory attention task modified for itch,<br /><br>the reaction time and accuracy (correct responses) of responses related to itch<br /><br>stimuli versus no stimuli.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The secondary outcome for the dot-probe task is the reaction time and accuracy<br /><br>(correct responses) of responses related to itch pictures compared to neutral<br /><br>pictures. Furthermore, the outcome of the Stroop task (reaction time for<br /><br>itch-related words compared to control words) and the total scores of the<br /><br>self-report questionnaires will be calculated, and related to the outcomes of<br /><br>the somatosensory and dot-probe attention tasks.</p><br>