The Feasibility of the PAINReportIt Guided Relaxation Intervention-Outpatient
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Conditions studied: Sickle Cell Disease, Stress, Pain
In brief
Our goal is to improve the self-management of pain and stress in adult outpatients with sickle cell disease (SCD) by determining the feasibility of a self-managed guided relaxation (GR) stress reduction intervention using a tablet-based mobile device. Currently, opioid analgesics are primarily used to treat SCD pain while self-managed behavioral modalities such as GR, are rarely used. Little is known about the effects or mechanisms of GR on pain and stress, in adults with SCD. Emerging evidence from the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis theory offer insights for understanding the mechanisms. Adding GR as a supplement to analgesic therapies will address the paucity of self-management strategies for controlling pain in SCD. GR is a simple and cost-effective non-drug intervention that could reduce pain and stress in outpatients with SCD. GR is an intervention where outpatients with SCD are directed to listen to and view audio-visual recordings while they visualize themselves being immersed in that scene.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02729363
- Run by
- University of Florida
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2016-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-01-22
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Has SCD diagnosis;
- Reports pain 3 or greater in the previous 24 hours (0-10 scale)
- Receives care at the University of Florida (UF) Health/Shands
- Speaks and reads English
- 18 years of age or older
- Self-identifies as being of African or Hispanic descent
You may not qualify if…
- Legally blind
- Physically or cognitively unable to complete study measures
Where it is running
- University of Florida Hematology Clinic-Medical Plaza — Gainesville, Florida, United States
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