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Trial reportTrials2016

Effectiveness of medical hypnosis for pain reduction and faster wound healing in pediatric acute burn injury: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Stephen J Chester, Kellie Stockton, Alexandra De Young, Belinda Kipping, Zephanie Tyack, Bronwyn Griffin, Ralph L Chester, Roy M Kimble

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Trials, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06373627 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Procedural Pain Management by Multimodal Sedation Analgesia Combining Hypnosis in Children With Congenital Heart Disease: a Randomized Non-inferiority Trial.

TypeinterventionalSponsorFondation Hôpital Saint-JosephRan2024 to 2025Enrolled104ConditionsProcedural Pain, Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Surgery, HypnosisArmsHypnosis, Conventional medications used for sedation-analgesia, Medications used in addition to hypnosis
NCT06583668 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Therapeutic Story on Pain, Fear and Anxiety Levels in Children With Burn Dressing

TypeinterventionalSponsorOkan UniversityRan2023 to 2024Enrolled60ConditionsPain, Burns, Fear, AnxietyArmsTherapeutic Story
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Pathophysiology and management of burn injury-induced pain.Burns open : an international open access journal for burn injuries · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Stephen J ChesterCentre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Level 7, Centre for Children's Health Research, University of Queensland, 62 Graham Street, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia. sjackchester@gmail.com.
Kellie StocktonCentre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Level 7, Centre for Children's Health Research, University of Queensland, 62 Graham Street, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia.
Alexandra De YoungCentre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Level 7, Centre for Children's Health Research, University of Queensland, 62 Graham Street, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia.
Belinda KippingCentre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Level 7, Centre for Children's Health Research, University of Queensland, 62 Graham Street, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia.
Zephanie TyackCentre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Level 7, Centre for Children's Health Research, University of Queensland, 62 Graham Street, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia.
Bronwyn GriffinCentre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Level 7, Centre for Children's Health Research, University of Queensland, 62 Graham Street, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia.
Ralph L ChesterHorizon Behavioral Health, 2241 Langhorne Road, Lynchburg, VA, 24501, USA.
Roy M KimbleCentre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Level 7, Centre for Children's Health Research, University of Queensland, 62 Graham Street, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia.
University of Queensland · AUChildren's Medical Research Institute · AUHorizon Behavioral Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBurns and the associated wound care procedures can be extremely painful and anxiety-provoking for children. Burn injured children and adolescents are therefore at greater risk of experiencing a range of psychological reactions, in particular posttraumatic stress disorder, which can persist for months to years after the injury. Non-pharmacological intervention is critical for comprehensive pain and anxiety management and is used alongside pharmacological analgesia and anxiolysis. However, effective non-pharmacological pain and anxiety management during pediatric burn procedures is an area still needing improvement. Medical hypnosis has received support as a technique for effectively decreasing pain and anxiety levels in adults undergoing burn wound care and in children during a variety of painful medical procedures (e.g., bone marrow aspirations, lumbar punctures, voiding cystourethrograms, and post-surgical pain). Pain reduction during burn wound care procedures is linked with improved wound healing rates. To date, no randomized controlled trials have investigated the use of medical hypnosis in pediatric burn populations. Therefore this study aims to determine if medical hypnosis decreases pain, anxiety, and biological stress markers during wound care procedures; improves wound healing times; and decreases rates of traumatic stress reactions in pediatric burn patients. METHODS/

designThis is a single-center, superiority, parallel-group, prospective randomized controlled trial. Children (4 to 16 years, inclusive) with acute burn injuries presenting for their first dressing application or change are randomly assigned to either the (1) intervention group (medical hypnosis) or (2) control group (standard care). A minimum of 33 participants are recruited for each treatment group. Repeated measures of pain, anxiety, stress, and wound healing are taken at every dressing change until ≥95 % wound re-epithelialization. Further data collection assesses impact on posttraumatic stress symptomatology, speed of wound healing, and parent perception of how easy the dressing change is for their child. DISCUSSION: Study results will elucidate whether the disease process can be changed by using medical hypnosis with children to decrease pain, anxiety, and stress in the context of acute burn wounds.

trial registrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12615000419561.

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BandagesHypnosisWound HealingAcute DiseaseAdolescentAge Factorsalpha-AmylasesAnxietyBiomarkersBurnsChildChild, PreschoolClinical ProtocolsFemaleHumansHydrocortisonealpha-AmylasesBiomarkersHydrocortisoneAnxietyBurnsChildHypnosisHypnotherapyPainPosttraumatic stress disorderRandomized controlled trialSalivary α-amylaseStress

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PMID27129580
PMCPMC4850700
OpenAlexW2342781068

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