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The goal of this study is to find the effect of holding a patient's hand on anxiety and pain during dermatologic procedures.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Hand-holding | Experimental | Subjects will be randomized to be in the handholding, stress ball, or control study arms. The randomization will be 1:1:1. |
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| Stress Ball | Experimental | Subjects will be randomized to be in the handholding, stress ball, or control study arms. The randomization will be 1:1:1. |
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| Nothing | No Intervention | Subjects will be randomized to be in the handholding, stress ball, or control study arms. The randomization will be 1:1:1. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Hand-holding | Procedure | Subject will have their hand held. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Anxiety | Subjects will complete the 6-item State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) | immediately after dermatologic procedure |
| Pain | Subjects will complete a visual analog scale for pain ranging from "no pain at all" to "worst possible pain." | immediately after dermatologic procedure |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Murad Alam, MD | Northwestern University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 30027283 | Derived | Yanes AF, Weil A, Furlan KC, Poon E, Alam M. Effect of Stress Ball Use or Hand-holding on Anxiety During Skin Cancer Excision: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Dermatol. 2018 Sep 1;154(9):1045-1049. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.1783. |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D010146 | Pain |
| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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| Stress Ball |
| Procedure |
Subject will be given a stress ball to hold. |
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