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Heart Rate Informed Changes in Care for Non-Communicating Patients
Sponsor: University of Oslo
Summary
The overarching aim is to generate knowledge to reduce incidence of pain in non-verbal patients' everyday life. The trial will 1) evaluate how HR can be used to identify potentially painful care procedures that should be re-evaluated in terms of the approach taken; 2) test the effect of heart rate (HR)-informed changes in potentially painful care procedures on biomarkers of pain, and 3) assess how six weeks of communication through HR affects the quality of communication between patient and caregiver.
Official title: Heart Rate Informed Changes in Care for Non-Communicating Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
5 Years - 70 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
38
Start Date
2023-02-27
Completion Date
2025-12-30
Last Updated
2025-07-04
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
HR-informed change in routine
The intervention is given for a situation occuring at least ten times and accompanied by an increase in HR at least 80% of the time, during the two-week registration period. Change in care (intervention) is introduced from week 3. The intervention is in one of four forms: 1. changes in physiotherapy, e.g., less rigorous movement in the identified painful stretch, 2. preparations for putting on corrective cast to stabilize joint and/or stretch spastic muscles, 3. change in procedures for transportation/lifting, e.g., new technique or adaptations made to equipment, or 4. revised personal hygiene procedure.
Delayed HR-informed specific change in routine
The intervention is given for a situation occuring at least twenty times and accompanied by an increase in HR at least 80% of the time, during the four-week registration period. Change in care (intervention) is introduced from week 5. The intervention is in one of four forms: 1. changes in physiotherapy, e.g., less rigorous movement in the identified painful stretch, 2. preparations for putting on corrective cast to stabilize joint and/or stretch spastic muscles, 3. change in procedures for transportation/lifting, e.g., new technique or adaptations made to equipment, or 4. revised personal hygiene procedure.
Locations (2)
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway