Effect of Complementary and Alternative Medicine on Pain Among Inpatients

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02190240

Enrollment

4422

Registered

2014-07-15

Start date

2012-01-31

Completion date

2015-05-31

Last updated

2017-01-10

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Conditions

Pain

Keywords

Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Pain Management

Brief summary

The proposed study has 3 aims: 1) quantitatively describe a model for delivering complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies to understand the selection of patients and CAM therapies used for pain management, 2) examine the effects of selected CAM therapies on immediate change in pain, and 3) examine the effects of selected CAM therapies on duration of pain change. Positive results from this study will assist hospitals in the integration of usual care and CAM therapy for pain reduction. Findings may also drive future research on the cost effectiveness of these therapies for pain management, as well as the impact on patient outcomes such as length of stay and use of narcotics.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Aims 1 and 2 Inclusion Criteria: * Admission to Abbott Northwestern Hospital * Consent to release of electronic health record for research purposes * 18 years of age or older * Length of stay greater than 24 hours Aims 1 and 2

Exclusion criteria

* None Aim 3 Inclusion Criteria: * Admission to Abbott Northwestern Hospital * Length of stay greater than 24 hours * 18 years of age or older * Consent to release of electronic health record for research purposes * Received CAM therapy in current hospitalization * Pain level of 1 or greater at the pre-treatment assessment by practitioner * English-speaking * Integrative medicine therapy ended between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm Aim 3

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Model of delivering CAM therapies	Up to 4 years	Quantitatively describe a model for delivering CAM therapies to understand selection of patients and CAM therapies used for pain management.
Effects of selected CAM therapies on immediate change in pain	CAM Visit (30-45 minutes)	We will examine the effectiveness of CAM therapies on self-reported (11 point scale) pain measured just before and immediately after service delivery.
Effects of selected CAM therapies on duration of pain change.	5 hours	We will examine the effectiveness of CAM therapies on repeated measures of self-reported pain over several hours after therapy to assess the distribution and decay of the pain change effect.

Countries

United States

Outcome results