Introduction of Sophrology and Art Therapy in Hand and Upper Limb Surgery at Lyon University Hospital

NCT06918522 — Completed, 31 participants, Hospices Civils de Lyon

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Registry	NCT06918522, acronym ISAT-CMMS
Status	Completed
Study type	Observational
Enrollment	31 (Actual)
Sponsor	Hospices Civils de Lyon (Other)
Conditions	Hand and Upper Limb Trauma
Dates	start 2025-05-22, primary completion 2026-04-09, completion 2026-04-09, first posted 2025-04-09, last updated 2026-08-31
Locations	1 site in France

-Summary

The human and economic impact of hand and upper limb pathologies, whether acute or chronic, surgical or medical, is considerable on a national level. Hand wounds and traumas account for 1/3 of work-related accidents and their consequences. The surgical procedure and its technical quality are essential, but so is the re-education and rehabilitation phase. It is in this post-operative context that sophrology and art therapy could have their place. Literature in this precise field is non-existent. A study is therefore needed to determine the quality of life, feasibility and acceptability of these new techniques in the rehabilitation department of the Édouard Herriot Hospital's Hand and Upper Limb Surgery Unit.

Sophrology and art therapy could help to limit upper-limb sequelae by promoting confidence-building and functional participation, thus helping patients to return more quickly to an active life. Given the current state of knowledge, the hypothesis being tested is that, within the framework of an existing multi-disciplinary team, art therapy and sophrology could improve quality of life and find favorable adherence on the part of patients usually cared for in the upper limb surgery department.

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+Arms and interventions

Arm	Type	Interventions	Description
Art-therapy and sophrology evaluation			Each patient eligible for the study will, additionally to the standard care have repeated sessions of sophrology and/or art-therapy along the re-education process. Quality of life as well as anxiety, pain will be assessed before and after each session and at the begining and the end of the re-education process

+Outcome measures

Primary outcomes

Quality of life [Delta between before and after 16 weeks reduction post surgery]: The outcome measure of quality of life will be estimated by the SF12 score (Short-form 12 health survey) in its physical (pain) and mental (anxiety) dimensions.

+Eligibility

Sex: All, ages: 18 Years to any

Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult (aged ≥ 18 years)
* Men and women
* Cared for in the hand and upper limb surgery department as part of emergency or scheduled activity or rehabilitation.
* Wishing to benefit from sophrology and/or art therapy in their care pathway.
* Having expressed his non-opposition

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients under legal protection
* Any patient who does not have a sufficient command of the language to enable comprehension and expression.

+Locations (1)

Facility	City	Country	Status
Hospices Civils de Lyon. Rehabilitation Department Pavillon T HEH - hand and upper limb surgery	Lyon	France

+Investigators

Aram GAZARIAN, Professor, Principal investigator, Hospices Civils de Lyon. Rehabilitation Department Pavillon T HEH - hand and upper limb surgery