Effects of a non-pharmacological pain management program for older people with cancer at an internal medicine ward of a university hospital
- Conditions
- cancer painhospitalized older peopleagedcancer painNursingComplementary Therapies
- Registration Number
- TCTR20220705005
- Lead Sponsor
- Research and Training Center for Enhancing Quality of Life of Working Age People, Faculty of Nursing, Khonkaen University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending (Not yet recruiting)
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 48
(1) Female aged 60 years or over
(2) Being admitted to the study internal medicine ward
(3) Has been diagnosed with cancer
(4) No symptom of depression, assessing by using the 2-question (2Q) Depression Assessment Form and the 9-question depression assessment form ( 9Q)
(5) No cognitive impairment, assessing by using the Thai Mini-Mental State Examination (TMSE) test
(6) Able to communicate and understand Thai or local dialect.
(7) Have pain score of 1 or more
(8) Be willing to participate in the study
(1) Having acute illness/ severe complications, leading to be unable to participate in the program
(2) Have abnormal vital signs
(3) Have an emergency or any reason that prevented participants to complete all study activities
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain severity 2 weeks Numeric pain rating scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Impact of pain 2 weeks Brief Pain Inventory