Effect of Complementary and Alternative Medicine on Pain Among Inpatients
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Pain
- Sponsor
- Allina Health System
- Enrollment
- 4422
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Model of delivering CAM therapies
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
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
- •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 Exclusion Criteria:
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Model of delivering CAM therapies
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 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.
Time Frame: 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.