Effect of Guided Imagery on Patients With Chronic Pain Related to Spinal Cord Injury

Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Positive Guided Imagery on Patients With in or Below-level Chronic Pain Related to Spinal Cord Injury

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00678548
• Other study ID #: 4.2007.1943
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 13, 2008
• Last updated: April 7, 2015
• Start date: October 2008
• Est. completion date: March 2009

Study information

• Verified date: April 2015
• Source: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Norway: Norwegian Social Science Data Services
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Chronic pain after spinal cord injury in or below the level of injury is a common problem and can be severe.

The purpose of our study is to investigate the effect of pleasant guided imagery on spinal cord injured patients with chronic pain in or below the level of injury.

Description:

The study is a controlled simple blind randomized prospective study. Subjects who live in Trøndelag ( Norway) and who have a traumatic or non traumatic spinal cord injury with chronic pain in or below the level of injury will be included in the study.

Assessments: Pain will be measured with NRS(numeric pain rating scale) and BPIQ (Brief pain intervention questionnaire), anxiety and depression with BDI and BAI (Beck`s depression and anxiety inventory) and quality of live with SF36 health survey.

The subjects will be randomized in a treatment and control group. One group will use daily for four weeks a CD with a pleasant guided imagery, the other group will write a short pain diary.

The NRS will be registered daily and the other assessments before and after the interventions.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: March 2009
• Est. primary completion date: March 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Traumatic and non traumatic SCI (spinal cord injury) persons in Trøndelag (Norway)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not sufficient knowledge of the Norwegian language, cancer, serious cognitive impairment, abuse or dependence of alcohol, narcotics or analgesics and dissociative disorder

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Pain
• Pain
• Spinal Cord Injuries

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Pleasant guided imagery
CD with pleasant guided imagery
• Pain diary
Filling out a pain diary

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain intensity	as measured by a numerical rating scale (daily) and Brief pain questionnaire (BPI) (baseline and after 4 weeks)	four weeks	No
Secondary	BDI, BAI and SF36		pre and postintervention	No