The Effect of Healing Touch on Sleep

Shriners Hospitals for Children41 enrolled

Overview

Healing Touch improves measures of sleep the night prior to surgery, thus improving surgery-related morbidity.

Patients are to randomized into one of 4 treatment groups upon enrollment. Depending on randomization group, the study participant receives the treatment the evening before elective surgery. A polysomnographic sleep study is then completed. Plan is to review the effect of the treatment group on sleep quantity and sleep quality.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Elective Reconstructive Surgery Population

Interventions

Healing TouchBEHAVIORAL

Healing Touch, ShamBEHAVIORAL

Control, PresenceBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 5 YearsMax age: 25 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. 5-25 years of age, inclusive 2. Elective admission for a reconstructive operative procedure 3. Planned use of general anesthesia during the elective operative procedure 4. Written informed consent, assent and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) release signed by parent or legal guardian Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of anoxic or suspected brain injury 2. History of head injury within the last year 3. Pre-existing neurological disorder 4. History of Reynaud's syndrome 5. Intellectual disability or inability to follow directions 6. Face/head phenomena that prevent(s) proper placement of polysomnography(PSG) leads 7. Taking medication for diagnosis of cardiomyopathy

Locations (1)

Shriners Hospitals for Children

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Healing Touch Will Improve Total Sleep Time

Data from nocturnal polysomnography, specifically total number of minutes of sleep time, will be compared between the healing touch and non healing touch groups.

Time frame: 8 hours

Secondary Outcomes

Preoperative Cortisol Level

Cortisol level was compared among the 4 study groups.

Time frame: Labs were drawn immediately pre-op.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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