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Enhancing Pain Documentation Efficiency through a Mobile-based Decision Support System

Enhancing Pain Documentation Completeness and Efficiency through a Mobile-based Decision Support System: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
TCTR
Registry ID
TCTR20260605006
Enrollment
220
Registered
2026-06-05
Start date
2026-07-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-22

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Conditions

Pain Management Clinical Documentation Completeness Medical Records Efficiency Pain Documentation Electronic Medical Records Clinical Decision Support System Mobile Applications Randomized Controlled Trial

Interventions

Anesthesiology residents document patient care data, clinical progress, and medication details during clinical rounds using traditional paper-based medical records as per the standard protocol of the
Traditional Paper-based Documentation,Mobile-based Decision Support Application

Sponsors

Navamindradhiraj University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: For Patients: 1. Inpatients at the Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital who are referred to the Pain Unit. 2. Patients receiving postoperative acute pain management with advanced modalities, including Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA), Continuous Epidural Analgesia (CEA), or Peripheral Nerve Blocks. 3. Aged 18 years and older. For Residents: 1. Anesthesiology residents currently rotating at the Pain Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Vajira Hospital.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: For Patients: 1. Patients with severe communication barriers, such as delirium, dementia, or hearing/speech impairments that prevent accurate pain score assessment. 2. Intubated patients receiving sedatives at a level that impairs effective communication. 3. Refusal to provide informed consent or voluntary withdrawal from the study. For Residents: 1. Refusal to provide informed consent or voluntary withdrawal from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Completeness of patient care documentation At the end of each patient clinical round A checklist scoring system based on standard clinical quality criteria of the Pain Unit

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Data accuracy At the end of each patient clinical round Audit of calculation errors in Morphine Equivalent Daily Dose (MEDD) and medication transcription discrepancies,Documentation time During each patient clinical round Time spent per round measured in minutes,User satisfaction and usability experience At the end of the rotation period Evaluated by anesthesiology residents using the System Usability Scale (SUS) and a clinical usability questionnaire

Countries

Thailand

Contacts

Public ContactNatcharee Ongkanchana

Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University

natcharee.ong@nmu.ac.th022443000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 29, 2026