The primary long term objective of this project is to improve pain control and reduce resulting disability in all age groups of burn survivors (e.g., pediatric, adult, and elderly). This will be accomplished by determining the optimal combinations of opioid analgesics, anxiolytics and psychological approaches, and matching treatments with patient characteristics that may predict therapeutic effects. Because extensive burn injuries are clearly an etiology of acute pain that produce substantial challenges in its treatment, the results will be generalizable to other causes of pain. A second primary objective will be to determine how pain and other factors related to burn injuries influence long-term physical and psychological adjustment. To accomplish these objectives, the investigators will conduct [five] studies, of which three have randomized, controlled designs, one has an observational methodology and one uses longitudinal measurement. These studies will specifically 1) investigate the synergistic effects of a benzodiazipine (lorazepam) and a psychological technique (hypnosis) in reducing burn pain and stress level, relative to the individual use of such techniques, as well as opioid analgesics alone and 1a) introduce and test a new set of variables for their ability to predict the analgesic effects of the modalities used (e.g. opioid analgesic, lorazepam, hypnosis, virtual reality), 2) provide the first controlled study of the use of virtual reality in reducing pain from skin graft dressing changes, 3) continue previous studies in order to gain a large enough sample to determine the effects that opioid pain medication scheduling has on acute pain levels in pediatric patients, 4) perform the first ever prospective analyses of the opioid analgesic needs of elderly burn patients, and (5) test a predictive model for determining the longitudinal impact of burn injuries on psychological adjustment and health outcome. The anticipated benefits of this project will be that they will provide information enabling health care professionals to treat acute pain more effectively across the life span. This will not only reduce unnecessary suffering, but might improve health outcomes by minimizing the deleterious effects of acute pain.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01GM042725-11
Application #
6385949
Study Section
Behavioral Medicine Study Section (BEM)
Program Officer
Somers, Scott D
Project Start
1990-04-01
Project End
2003-06-30
Budget Start
2001-07-01
Budget End
2002-06-30
Support Year
11
Fiscal Year
2001
Total Cost
$336,083
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Washington
Department
Physical Medicine & Rehab
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
135646524
City
Seattle
State
WA
Country
United States
Zip Code
98195
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