Effectiveness of Energy Resonance by Skin Stimulation in the Management of Anxious Patients Who Require Scheduled Orthopaedic Surgery

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The need for a surgical procedure may cause a patient to experience reactive anxiety. This reaction is appropriate if it is of low to moderate intensity. On the other hand, various studies have shown that postoperative awakening is more complicated if the patient experiences major preoperative anxiety. Thus, reducing anxiety could be a tool for preventing chronic pain. For several years now, the investigator's facility has been implementing Energy Resonance through Cutaneous Stimulation (ERCS), a method based on listening to the body's vibrations through the fingers on points based on the mapping of meridians in Chinese medicine. ERCS practitioners have noted the benefits of this method, particularly in soothing patients. It therefore seems necessary to detect and manage this anxiety beforehand and ERCS seems appropriate in this situation.

Official Title
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Effectiveness of Energy Resonance by Skin Stimulation in the Management of Anxious Patients Who Require Scheduled Orthopaedic Surgery

Conditions
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Patient Requiring Scheduled Conventional Orthopedic Surgical Intervention of the Upper or Lower Limb

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Energy Resonance through Cutaneous Stimulation
* Other: questionnaires


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patient who has given oral consent Adult patient requiring scheduled conventional orthopedic surgery of the upper limb (wrist, elbow, shoulder) or lower limb (ankle, foot, knee, hip) Exclusion Criteria: Patient not affiliated to a national health insurance system, Patient subject to a legal protection measure (curatorship, guardianship) Patient subject to a justice protection measure Pregnant, parturient or breastfeeding woman Patient unable to give consent Minor Patient with a pace maker Patient with cognitive problems: Alzheimer's, senile dementia Patient who has already received ERCS as part of surgery Patient who does not speak or understand French Patient with psychiatric disorders: major depression, bipolar disorder, addictive disorders, psychotic disorders (psychosis, schizophrenia, acute delirium)

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: ERCS Group<br> | Other: Energy Resonance through Cutaneous Stimulation<br>* The ERCS method involves listening to the body by applying fingers to the acupuncture skin points, developed according to the energy imbalance caused by illness, pain and emotional disorders.<br>Other: questionnaires<br>* Measurement of anxiety-trait and state-anxiety (Spielberger), pain ( numerical scale) and satisfaction (numerical satisfaction scale)<br>|
| Placebo Comparator: Control Group<br> | Other: questionnaires<br>* Measurement of anxiety-trait and state-anxiety (Spielberger), pain ( numerical scale) and satisfaction (numerical satisfaction scale)<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| anxiety-state | Evolution of the patient's anxiety, between the entry and exit of the surgical department measured by the Spielberger state anxiety inventory, which is intended to evaluate an emotional reaction at a given time represented here by the operating room. | During the surgical procedure |