Pain assessment and management in older people

Testing an innovative nursing intervention: pain assessment and management in older people

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000275662

Acronym

None

Enrollment

192

Registered

2005-09-02

Start date

2005-06-01

Completion date

2006-03-31

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The aim of this project is to test the immediate and long-term effects of a nursing intervention on improving pain of older patients in the hospital setting. A controlled trial will be undertaken in the geriatric evaluation and management units of two metropolitan hospitals. An organisational improvement model underpins the intervention, which comprises an educational program and clinical role modelling. This model considers the complexity of pain management activities in multidimensional ways.

Interventions

Test group: multifaceted educational and role modelling sessions lasting approximately 4 hours.

Study design

Allocation

Non-randomised trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Painful acute or chronic condition.

Exclusion criteria

No exclusion criteria

Outcome results