Using Hypnosis to Help Children Undergoing a Difficult Medical Procedure
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00226850
Lead Sponsor
Stanford UniversityOTHER
Overall Status
Completed
Study Type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Last Update Posted
Sep 27, 2005Estimated
Brief Summary
This study examined whether a hypnosis intervention, compared to standard care, could help reduce distress and pain for children undergoing an invasive medical procedure.
Voiding Cystourethrogram (VCUG)
hypnosis
Ages Eligible for Study
Child (0-17)Adult (18-64)
Sexes Eligible for Study
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No data available
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
The child: (1) was scheduled for an upcoming VCUG ; (2) must have undergone at least one previous VCUG; (3) was at least 4 years of age at the time of the previous VCUG; (4) experienced distress during the previous VCUG; and (5) both child and participating parent were English speaking.
Exclusion Criteria:
Not meeting any of the above criteria.
Allocation
Randomized
Interventional Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
No central contacts
There are no central contacts for this study.
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine