Heart Rate Informed Changes in Care for Non-Communicating Patients
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Intellectual Disability
Communication, Nonverbal
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 5 – 70
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Participants needed
- 38 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo · Other
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About This Trial
The overarching aim is to generate knowledge to reduce incidence of pain in non-verbal patients' everyday life. The trial will 1) evaluate how HR can be used to identify potentially painful care procedures that should be re-evaluated in terms of the approach taken; 2) test the effect of heart rate (HR)-informed changes in potentially painful care procedures on biomarkers of pain, and 3) assess how…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Between 5 and 70 years of age at the time of data collection
* Autism spectrum disorder as evaluated by clinical psychologist
* Communication difficulties
* Living at a care home with round-the-clock staff for at least five days a week; or attending one-to-one staffed school/d…
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