Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof L Franck
ORCID ID
Contact details
Centre for Nursing & Allied Health Professionals Research
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3JH
United Kingdom
+44 020 7405 9200 Ext 5844
l.franck@ich.ucl.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0012101661
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Does using a 'temporary tattoo' of the Wong-Baker faces scale applied to the skin of children improve postoperative pain assessment and treatment compared with a paper version of the scale?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Signs and Symptoms: Pain
Intervention
Temporary tattoo of a pain intensity scale (TTPS) vs paper version of the pain scale (PPS)
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Frequency of pain assessment documentation, use of pain treatments and patient/parent satisfaction with pain care.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/09/2001
Overall trial end date
31/08/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Children having surgery.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/09/2001
Recruitment end date
31/08/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Centre for Nursing & Allied Health Professionals Research
London
WC1N 3JH
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust / Institute of Child Health (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2007 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17449994
Publication citations
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Results
Franck LS, Allen A, Oulton K, Making pain assessment more accessible to children and parents: can greater involvement improve the quality of care?, Clin J Pain, 2007, 23, 4, 331-338, doi: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318032456f.