Training nurses in basic hypno-analgesia techniques to reduce procedural distress and pain in children: A feasibility trial

Background: Children with cancer experience pain and distress due to their illness and frequent medical procedures. Hypno-analgesia techniques effectively prevent and allow pain and distress management in children without any toxicity; however, they remain underutilized because of their cost and the...

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Main Authors: Terry Mizrahi, Serge Sultan, Marie-Claude Charest, Jennifer Aramideh, Marie-Claude Charrette, Anouk Streff, Caroline Plante, Michel Duval
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-12-01
Series:Cogent Medicine
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2016.1165083
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author Terry Mizrahi
Serge Sultan
Marie-Claude Charest
Jennifer Aramideh
Marie-Claude Charrette
Anouk Streff
Caroline Plante
Michel Duval
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Serge Sultan
Marie-Claude Charest
Jennifer Aramideh
Marie-Claude Charrette
Anouk Streff
Caroline Plante
Michel Duval
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description Background: Children with cancer experience pain and distress due to their illness and frequent medical procedures. Hypno-analgesia techniques effectively prevent and allow pain and distress management in children without any toxicity; however, they remain underutilized because of their cost and the shortage of trained hypnotherapists. We hypothesize that pediatric oncology nurses will change their practice after a four-day training in basic hypno-analgesia techniques, leading to a decrease in procedural distress and pain in their patients. Methods/Design: Six nurses from a pediatric hematology-oncology daycare clinic will be enrolled in this interventional pilot study. The intervention will be a four-day training session in basic hypno-analgesia techniques under the supervision of a certified hypnotherapist. Nurses and patients will be video recorded and evaluated during venipunctures (pre- and post-intervention). Nurses’ mastery of hypno-analgesia techniques will be measured by two external evaluators who quantitatively assess their practice performance on the videotapes. Patients’ distress and pain measures will include self- and parent-reported visual analog scale and Faces, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability scale’s assessments by two external evaluators on video recordings. The primary outcome will be nurses’ technique mastery and the main secondary outcome will be the change in patients’ self-reported distress after the intervention. Discussion: We expect that a four-day training of nurses in basic hypno-analgesia techniques will reduce procedural distress and pain in their patients, thereby opening the way to larger clinical trials in various pediatric settings.
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spelling doaj.art-db77ef7b2fa3422fbb816550d49184552022-12-22T03:38:01ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Medicine2331-205X2016-12-013110.1080/2331205X.2016.11650831165083Training nurses in basic hypno-analgesia techniques to reduce procedural distress and pain in children: A feasibility trialTerry Mizrahi0Serge Sultan1Marie-Claude Charest2Jennifer Aramideh3Marie-Claude Charrette4Anouk Streff5Caroline Plante6Michel Duval7Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-JustineCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-JustineCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-JustineCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-JustineCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-JustineCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-EtienneCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-JustineCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-JustineBackground: Children with cancer experience pain and distress due to their illness and frequent medical procedures. Hypno-analgesia techniques effectively prevent and allow pain and distress management in children without any toxicity; however, they remain underutilized because of their cost and the shortage of trained hypnotherapists. We hypothesize that pediatric oncology nurses will change their practice after a four-day training in basic hypno-analgesia techniques, leading to a decrease in procedural distress and pain in their patients. Methods/Design: Six nurses from a pediatric hematology-oncology daycare clinic will be enrolled in this interventional pilot study. The intervention will be a four-day training session in basic hypno-analgesia techniques under the supervision of a certified hypnotherapist. Nurses and patients will be video recorded and evaluated during venipunctures (pre- and post-intervention). Nurses’ mastery of hypno-analgesia techniques will be measured by two external evaluators who quantitatively assess their practice performance on the videotapes. Patients’ distress and pain measures will include self- and parent-reported visual analog scale and Faces, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability scale’s assessments by two external evaluators on video recordings. The primary outcome will be nurses’ technique mastery and the main secondary outcome will be the change in patients’ self-reported distress after the intervention. Discussion: We expect that a four-day training of nurses in basic hypno-analgesia techniques will reduce procedural distress and pain in their patients, thereby opening the way to larger clinical trials in various pediatric settings.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2016.1165083hypno-analgesiaprocedural distressprocedural painpediatric oncologynurses training
spellingShingle Terry Mizrahi
Serge Sultan
Marie-Claude Charest
Jennifer Aramideh
Marie-Claude Charrette
Anouk Streff
Caroline Plante
Michel Duval
Training nurses in basic hypno-analgesia techniques to reduce procedural distress and pain in children: A feasibility trial
Cogent Medicine
hypno-analgesia
procedural distress
procedural pain
pediatric oncology
nurses training
title Training nurses in basic hypno-analgesia techniques to reduce procedural distress and pain in children: A feasibility trial
title_full Training nurses in basic hypno-analgesia techniques to reduce procedural distress and pain in children: A feasibility trial
title_fullStr Training nurses in basic hypno-analgesia techniques to reduce procedural distress and pain in children: A feasibility trial
title_full_unstemmed Training nurses in basic hypno-analgesia techniques to reduce procedural distress and pain in children: A feasibility trial
title_short Training nurses in basic hypno-analgesia techniques to reduce procedural distress and pain in children: A feasibility trial
title_sort training nurses in basic hypno analgesia techniques to reduce procedural distress and pain in children a feasibility trial
topic hypno-analgesia
procedural distress
procedural pain
pediatric oncology
nurses training
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2016.1165083
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