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Emotion Regulation and Pain in Children With Cancer

NCT03133507 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 73

Last updated 2017-04-28

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Summary

This study tested the effects of emotion regulation strategies (reappraisal, reassurance, and empathy) on pain responses in children with cancer. Children with cancer were randomly assigned to one emotion regulation strategy during an experimental pain task (the cold pressor task \[CPT\]). During the CPT, children rated their pain and provided saliva samples immediately before, after, and then 15 minutes after the CPT. This study examined the influence of emotion regulation on self-reported pain and physiological activity assessed through saliva samples.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Reapprasial Condition

Children in this condition will be instructed to think about how the procedure will help them become adjusted to cold weather.

BEHAVIORAL

Reassurance Condition

Children will be reassured by the experimenter .

BEHAVIORAL

Distraction Condition

Children in this condition will be instructed to focus their attention on a picture on a computer screen rather than on the pain.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of California, Irvine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michelle Fortier · 505 S. Main Street Suite 940, Orange, Ca 92868

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-14
Primary Completion
2013-09-26
Completion
2013-09-26

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