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Sorry Not Sorry: Apologizing and Its Effect on Discomfort During Dressing Removal

NCT03216629 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2018-10-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Use of dressing is common place following surgery, allowing for wounds to be covered and protected. Dressing material with adhesive contact layers or adhesive tape is integral to sealing off the wound. Mechanical stripping of stratum corneum during dressing removal causes pain and discomfort. During dressing removal, practitioners may at times apologize as a function of empathy. Previous study investigated speed of dressing removal and its effect on discomfort during dressing change. In this study, the investigators aim to investigate how empathy expressed in form of saying "sorry" affect the perception of pain during dressing change?

Conditions

  • Bandages
  • Pain
  • Empathy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Saying "sorry"

The objective of this study is to investigate how empathy expressed in form of saying "sorry" affect the perception of pain during dressing change?

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • London Health Sciences Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Danielle MacNeil, MD · London Health Science Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-06
Primary Completion
2018-09-01
Completion
2018-09-01

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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