Efficacy of a Nurse Telephone Follow-up on Pain Intensity After Removal of Tonsils in Children

NCT01568372 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Tonsils
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 52
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a nurse telephone follow-up to parents of children who underwent a removal of their tonsils would be effective in reducing pain intensity, complications and resort to other healthcare services

Conditions

Pain

Keywords

pediatric; tonsillectomy; pain management; nurse follow-up

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Pain intensity scores on the 3rd day after surgery

  Mean pain intensity score on the 3rd postoperative day (POD)

  Pain assessed on the 3rd postoperative day

• Pain intensity scores on the 5th day after surgery

  Mean pain intensity score on the 5th postoperative day (POD)

  Pain assessed on the 5th postoperative day

• Pain intensity scores on the 10th day after surgery

  Mean pain intensity score on the 10th postoperative day (POD)

  Pain assessed on the 10th postoperative day

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• postoperative complications

  Complications assessed on the following postoperative days: First day, 3rd day, 5th day and 10th day

Study Arms (2)

Nurse telephone follow-up

EXPERIMENTAL

This group received a telephone follow-up by a nurse following discharge from the hospital and up until the 10th postoperative day, which is considered as the usual period of healing for a tonsillectomy

Other: Telephone follow-up

Standard care group

NO INTERVENTION

This group received the standard care which consisted of an informative session before discharge and no follow-up once discharged home.

Interventions

Telephone follow-up OTHER

The intervention group received a telephone follow-up by a nurse on the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 10th postoperative day.

Also known as: Nursing interventions, Nursing follow-up

Nurse telephone follow-up

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 4 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• ASA I or II
• Elective surgery for tonsillectomy
• Parents or children able to read, and understand French or English
• Family equipped with a phone at home
• Child discharged home after the surgery

You may not qualify if:

• Abused cases
• Children with a cognitive deficit
• Children suffering from chronic pain
• Child who had another surgical procedure within a month

Sponsors & Collaborators

• St. Justine's Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

CHU Ste.Justine's

Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5, Canada

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Paquette J, Le May S, Lachance Fiola J, Villeneuve E, Lapointe A, Bourgault P. A randomized clinical trial of a nurse telephone follow-up on paediatric tonsillectomy pain management and complications. J Adv Nurs. 2013 Sep;69(9):2054-65. doi: 10.1111/jan.12072. Epub 2013 Jan 13.

  PMID: 23311981 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain; Agnosia

Interventions

Methods

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Perceptual Disorders; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Investigative Techniques

Study Officials

• Sylvie Le May, PhD

  Université de Montréal

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Nurse Clinician Specialist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 26, 2012
• First Posted: April 2, 2012
• Study Start: May 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2010
• Study Completion: October 1, 2010
• Last Updated: October 5, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-10

Locations

CA (1)