Dementia Pain Management Educational Program

Dementia Pain Management Knowledge Scale Development and Impact of an Educational Program on Hospital Nurses' Knowledge Evaluation

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04256382

Enrollment

285

Registered

2020-02-05

Start date

2017-03-27

Completion date

2020-02-03

Last updated

2020-02-05

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Conditions

Dementia

Brief summary

This study aims to develop and test a scale for exploring hospital nurses' knowledge about dementia pain and dementia pain management.

Detailed description

The researcher recruited 285 nurses from three hospitals, and divided them into the experimental group and the comparison group. The experimental group took two-hour online course about dementia pain care in two weeks. The comparison group took two-hour online course about dementia care in two weeks. The nurses performed a post-test after the two-week course immediately; two weeks later, the second post-test was performed again.

Interventions

OTHERdementia pain care education

Participants are educated about dementia pain care.

OTHERdementia care education

Participants are educated about dementia pain care.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Nurses working in district hospitals, regional hospitals, or medical centers.

Exclusion criteria

* Nurses working with obstetrics, pediatrics, or outpatient.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
score of Dementia Pain Management Knowledge Scale	2 months	Testing nurses' Dementia Pain Management Knowledge. The minimum value of this scale is 15, and the maximum value is 0. Higher scores mean having better Dementia Pain Management Knowledge.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
score of Dementia Care Knowledge 16	2 months	Testing nurses' Dementia Care Knowledge. The minimum value of thus scale is 16, and the maximum value is 0. Higher scores mean having better Dementia Care Knowledge.
score of the Chinese version of the Knowledge and Beliefs About Pain in Elderly Patients With Dementia (KBPED-C) questionnaire	2 months	Testing nurses' Knowledge and Beliefs About Pain in Elderly Patients With Dementia. The minimum value of this scale is 85, and the maximum value is 17. Higher scores mean having better Knowledge and Beliefs About Pain in Elderly Patients With Dementia.

Countries

Taiwan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026