Pain Management in Internal Medicine Department

• Conditions: Pain

• Registration Number: NCT02577328
• Lead Sponsor: Bnai Zion Medical Center

Brief Summary

The assessment of pain management in Internal medicine department.

Detailed Description

The experimental procedure - A Literature review of the management of pain in internal departmnet and after that defining and identifying gaps between the pain management practice recommendations in the literatureareas to that of the departmnet.

Determining the educational processes for the medical team, in initiation treatment for pain and pain assessment. As well, obtain quality indicators to monitor pain management.

Assessment of attitudes, knowledge and tools for pain management team before the educational process and afterwards.

In patients with mild pain or above, a combination of quantitative and qualitative tools will assess the pain and its treatment along the hospitalization in the Internal medicine ward.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2015-06
• Study First Submitted: 2015-10-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-10-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-10-14
• Study First Posted: 2015-10-16
• Last Update Posted: 2015-10-16
• Study Start: 2015-11
• Primary Completion: 2015-12
• Study Completion: 2016-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• All patient with mild pain and above

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pain reduction	during hospitalization (days)-up to7 days	Reviewing the pain scale (VAS or other) of a patient with mild pain during the hospitalization