CompletedNot Applicable

Effects of Complementary Therapies Delivered Via Mobile Technologies

Iceland105 participantsStarted 2012-03

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of complementary therapies delivered via mobile technologies have a therapeutic effect on surgical patients' anxiety, pain, and self-efficacy in healing reports before, following, and at 10-day follow-up.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 75 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age range 18-75-years * English or Icelandic speaking * Cognitively alert and oriented to person, place, time, and situation * Intact visual and auditory senses Exclusion Criteria: * History of substance abuse * Chronic pain lasting more than six months * Use of narcotic medication for more than six months * Major psychiatric disorders * Taking prescribed medications for thought disorders * Having ophthalmology and/or auditory surgery or impairments

What they're measuring

Change from baseline state anxiety via the State Trait Anxiety Scale (STAI)

Timeframe: Ten days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02236455

SponsorUniversity of San Francisco

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2012-12

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