A randomised controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on pain control post-sternotomy

ISRCTN	ISRCTN67842789
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN67842789
Secondary identifying numbers	R/19/3-95/BYRNE

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Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Mrs Melissa Domaille
Scientific

Rheumatology Centre
The Courtyard
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Bristol
BS2 8HW
United Kingdom

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Hospital
Study type	Treatment
Scientific title	A randomised controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on pain control post-sternotomy
Study objectives	To investigate the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in reducing pain after cardiac surgery with sternotomy
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Cardiovascular diseases: Heart disease; Symptoms and general pathology: Pain
Intervention	1. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation 2. Standard care
Intervention type	Procedure/Surgery
Primary outcome measure	Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	01/05/1995
Completion date	31/05/1996

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	Not provided at time of registration
Key inclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	01/05/1995
Date of final enrolment	31/05/1996

Rheumatology Centre,

Bristol
BS2 8HW
United Kingdom

NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Government

The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Hospital/treatment centre

NHS Executive South West (UK)

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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
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Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/10/1997	24/10/2019	Yes	No

24/10/2019: Publication reference added.
27/09/2016: No publications found, verifying study status with principal investigator