Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
The overall purpose of this project is to improve nurse skills regarding neuropathic pain (NP) assessment, treatment and referral practices through implementation of an evidence-based algorithm and to improve selected patient outcomes as a result of algorithm use.
Detailed description
Neuropathic pain (NP) is defined as pain that arises from injury, disease or dysfunction of the central or peripheral nervous system. For the patient focused phase of the project NP treatment will be guided via the Peripheral Neuropathy Treatment Algorithm. Patients will receive algorithm-specific treatment for 12 weeks.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Cancer patients experiencing NP from a variety of causes * NP Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score equal to or \> 4 with 12 week estimated duration * Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) 60% or greater * Age greater than 18
Exclusion criteria
* Patients undergoing anticancer or invasive pain procedures specifically intended to palliate NP are ineligible
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To implement an evidence based screening, assessment, treatment, and referral guideline for hematology/oncology patients with NP receiving care | outcome measures will consist of the NPVAS, and a PPCPS adapted rom the original project. Adequate satisfaction will be defined as 25% or mor of all patients reporting being very or completely satisfied as measured by PPCPS |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed