The Effect of Healing Touch on Sleep

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Elective Reconstructive Surgery Population

In brief

Healing Touch improves measures of sleep the night prior to surgery, thus improving surgery-related morbidity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01870076

Run by

Shriners Hospitals for Children

People needed

41

Starts

2015-12-12

Expected to finish

2017-07-03

Last updated by the study team

2017-11-20

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 25. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 5-25 years of age, inclusive
• Elective admission for a reconstructive operative procedure
• Planned use of general anesthesia during the elective operative procedure
• Written informed consent, assent and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) release signed by parent or legal guardian

You may not qualify if…

• History of anoxic or suspected brain injury
• History of head injury within the last year
• Pre-existing neurological disorder
• History of Reynaud's syndrome
• Intellectual disability or inability to follow directions
• Face/head phenomena that prevent(s) proper placement of polysomnography(PSG) leads
• Taking medication for diagnosis of cardiomyopathy

Where it is running

• Shriners Hospitals for Children — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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