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Effectiveness of Relational Touch in Painful Elderly

NCT01837732 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2017-01-04

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Summary

The aim is to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of a relational touch / relational intervention on persistent pain in a long term geriatric hospital care ward population. The main issue is the pain reduction. The hypothesis is that this type of intervention is very useful on pain reduction in old people even with physical or mental disability.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Relational Touch

Relational touch 15 mn " relational touch", hand touch (neck, face and head)

OTHER

Relational:

Relational: 10 mn verbal patient's centered exchanges

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Philippe JOSEPH-SYLVESTRE, Nurse · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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Diseases

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