Dementia Pain Management Educational Program

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dementia
• Interventions: Other: dementia pain care education; Other: dementia care education

• Registration Number: NCT04256382
• Lead Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Brief Summary

This study aims to develop and test a scale for exploring hospital nurses' knowledge about dementia pain and dementia pain management.

Detailed Description

The researcher recruited 285 nurses from three hospitals, and divided them into the experimental group and the comparison group. The experimental group took two-hour online course about dementia pain care in two weeks. The comparison group took two-hour online course about dementia care in two weeks. The nurses performed a post-test after the two-week course immediately; two weeks later, the second post-test was performed again.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-03-27
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-24
• Status Verified: 2020-02
• Study Completion: 2020-02-03
• Study First Submitted: 2020-02-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-02-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-02-04
• Study First Posted: 2020-02-05
• Last Update Posted: 2020-02-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 285

Inclusion Criteria

• Nurses working in district hospitals, regional hospitals, or medical centers.

Exclusion Criteria

• Nurses working with obstetrics, pediatrics, or outpatient.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
experimental group	dementia pain care education	The experimental group took two-hour online course about dementia pain care in two weeks.
comparison group	dementia care education	The comparison group took two-hour online course about dementia care in two weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
score of Dementia Pain Management Knowledge Scale	2 months	Testing nurses' Dementia Pain Management Knowledge. The minimum value of this scale is 15, and the maximum value is 0. Higher scores mean having better Dementia Pain Management Knowledge.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
score of Dementia Care Knowledge 16	2 months	Testing nurses' Dementia Care Knowledge. The minimum value of thus scale is 16, and the maximum value is 0. Higher scores mean having better Dementia Care Knowledge.
score of the Chinese version of the Knowledge and Beliefs About Pain in Elderly Patients With Dementia (KBPED-C) questionnaire	2 months	Testing nurses' Knowledge and Beliefs About Pain in Elderly Patients With Dementia. The minimum value of this scale is 85, and the maximum value is 17. Higher scores mean having better Knowledge and Beliefs About Pain in Elderly Patients With Dementia.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital; 🇨🇳 Kaohsiung city, Taiwan