Sleep, Pain and Stress in Adolescents With Persistent Pain

NCT ID: NCT05677412

Last Updated: 2025-09-15

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-05-23

Study Completion Date

2026-06-30

Brief Summary

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The main aim is the gain information of sleep structures in adolescents with persistent pain. Also to study simple interventions to support their sleep and pain management. The main aim of this study is to test the efficacy and feasibility of suggestive presleep relaxation technique in improving sleep quality and sleep-related emotional memory processing.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Pain, Chronic Sleep

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Experimental within-subject study design
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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neutral story

Neutral story before the sleep onset

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Neutral story

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

neutral story before sleep

suggestive story

Suggestive story to find out the effect of relaxation to sleep structures.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

suggestive relaxation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

suggestive story before sleep onset

Interventions

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suggestive relaxation

suggestive story before sleep onset

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Neutral story

neutral story before sleep

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients aged 15-17 years with persistent (\> 3months) pain reporting average pain intensity over 3/10 on the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS).

Exclusion Criteria

* ongoing medication for sleep or pain.
Minimum Eligible Age

15 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

17 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Helsinki

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Helsinki University Central Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Reetta Sipilä

Head of research

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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New Childrens Hospital

Helsinki, , Finland

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Finland

Central Contacts

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Reetta M Sipilä, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+358406812427

Facility Contacts

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Reetta M Sipilä, PhD

Role: primary

+358406812427

Other Identifiers

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ULSHelsinki

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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