Development and Evaluation of a Nursing Virtual Intervention Tailored for Pain After Cardiac Surgery

Summary

The purpose of this project is to develop and evaluate the effects of a computer-tailored intervention targeting pain barriers and catastrophizing in adults having cardiac surgery.

The hypotheses are that in the experimental group, in comparison to the control group, participants will show lower levels of pain, less pain interference in their activities, less attitudinal barriers, and less pain catastrophizing.

A pilot-RCT is privileged to assess the preliminary effects of the intervention on the following outcomes: pain intensity, analgesic consumption, pain interference, barriers and pain catastrophizing.

Conditions

• Cardiac Surgery
• Pain
• Adult
• Pain Management

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

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VITaPaCS consists in a 30 minute-computer-tailored preoperative session, which is animated by a virtual nurse who guides the participant through a learning process about analgesic medication intake, pain communication, and cognitive restructuring. The information and the strategies provided are specifically tailored to the participants' profile, determined by a screening questionnaire, but also by their responses in real-time during the computer session. Two postoperative clinical reinforcements of ten minutes are also provided by the treating nurse based on the flags identified through the preoperative session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• GRISIIQ

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• FIIC

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Chaire de recherche sur les nouvelles pratiques de soins infirmiers

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

  collaborator OTHER

• Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• José Côté, PhD · Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

• Manon Choinière, PhD · Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

• Géraldine Martorella, PhD (c) · Université de Montréal

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2010-02-28

Primary Completion

2010-06-30

Completion

2010-09-30

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations