©2022 Stanford Medicine
DVD-Based Training Program in Self-Hypnosis for Children
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT01483105
Purpose
The proposed study is designed to utilize a self-hypnosis DVD home-training program for
parents to use with their children to teach self-hypnosis techniques for inducing relaxation
and hypnotic analgesia. These relaxation techniques can be employed to manage anticipatory
anxiety, distress, and pain during an invasive medical procedure, for example, voiding
cystourethrography (VCUG). The study will examine the efficacy of this intervention for
children undergoing VCUG procedures.
Official Title
DVD-Based Training Program in Self-Hypnosis for Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Stanford Investigator(s)
David Spiegel
Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor of Medicine
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Child and participating parent have assented (child) or consented (parent) to
participate
- Both child and parent are English-speaking
- Child has undergone at least one previous VCUG
- Child was at least 4 years of age at the time of the most recent VCUG
- Parent reports child experienced some difficulty (e.g., at least some crying, pain, or
fear) during that earlier procedure.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Child and participating parent have not assented (child) or consented (parent) to
participate
- Either child or parent are not English-speaking
- Child has not undergone at least one previous VCUG
- Child was under 4 years of age at the time of the most recent VCUG
- Parent reports child did not experience difficulty (e.g., at least some crying, pain,
or fear) during that earlier procedure.
Intervention(s):
behavioral: DVD Self-Hypnosis Training Program
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Arianna A. Gerry, Ph.D., MPH
650-723-2744