ACHE-Intervention: Intervention study to improve pain management for seniors in home care settings

Phase 1

• Conditions: R52.2; R52.9; Chronic intractable pain; Other chronic pain; Pain, not elsewhere classified; Pain, unspecified; R52; R52.1

• Registration Number: DRKS00026825
• Lead Sponsor: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Medizinische Soziologie und Rehabilitationswissenschaft

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-05-13
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 190

Inclusion Criteria

affected by pain for at least 3 months
Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE) [Folstein et al. 1975] of =18
In need of care according to the German Social Security Code (book XI)

Exclusion Criteria

in palliative care

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary outcome is the relative reduction of pain intensity by 20% (considering the strongest experienced pain). This will be assessed through personal interviews with standardised questionnaires. Pain reduction will be measured using numerical rating scales (reaching from 0 to 10).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary outcomes are the absolute decrease of pain intensity (considering the strongest experienced pain) by 1.5 points (based on a numerical rating scale reaching from 0 to 10) as well as the relative decrease in pain-related consequences by 20% (based on MScore). Additionally, the proportion of participants reaching an appropriate level of pain medication (defined as SPMAS =67 according to the German version of the Pain Medication Appropriateness Scale [Hutt et al. 2006]) and the appropriateness of nursing care [Wenzel et al 2020] will be considered as secondary outcomes.