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NCT Number: NCT05677412

Sleep, Pain and Stress in Adolescents With Persistent Pain

The main aim is the gain information of sleep structures in adolescents with persistent pain. Also to study simple interventions to support their sleep and pain management. The main aim of this study is to test the efficacy and feasibility of suggestive presleep relaxation technique in improving sleep quality and sleep-related emotional memory processing.

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Key information

Conditions

Pain, Chronic Chronic Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Sleep

Age range

15 year–17 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients aged 15-17 years with persistent (> 3months) pain reporting average pain intensity over 3/10 on the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS).

Exclusion criteria

  • ongoing medication for sleep or pain.

Treatment and study plan

suggestive relaxation

Behavioral

suggestive story before sleep onset

Neutral story

Behavioral

neutral story before sleep

Primary outcomes

  1. Sleep quality

    Time frame: one night

    The overnight PSG (Somnomedics) is used to measure sleep during two nights (Somnomedics, Somnoscreen plus HD), with the following recorded parameters: electroencephalography (left and right for F, C, O); left and right eletrooculogram; left and right electromyogram; electrocardiogram. Sleep recordings are done with portable devices so that the patients will sleep at their home during the recordings.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Reetta M Sipilä, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+358406812427

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Helsinki University Central Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • University of Helsinki

Registry information

Acronym: PedPainSleep

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jan 10, 2023
Registry last updated
Sep 15, 2025

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