Educational Intervention Targeting Nurses Attitudes and Knowledge About Cancer-related Pain Management

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Neoplasms
• Interventions: Behavioral: Education

• Registration Number: NCT01313234
• Lead Sponsor: Blekinge Institute of Technology

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether an intervention consisting of the implementation of guidelines about daily systematic pain assessment following a theory based education, targeting cancer-related pain and pain treatment, lead to a significantly positive improvement in RNs knowledge of, and attitudes towards their pain management. Furthermore will the interventions targeting the RNs influence the admitted patient's perception of their cancer-related pain?

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2011-03-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-03-10
• Study First Posted: 2011-03-11
• Study Start: 2011-04
• Primary Completion: 2011-06
• Study Completion: 2011-12
• Status Verified: 2013-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-01-05
• Last Update Posted: 2013-01-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Cancer diagnosis
• Aged 18 years and above
• Cognitively intact and able to verbally communicate
• At admission pain intensity >1 on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

Exclusion Criteria

• Trauma or planned and/or acute surgery.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Education	Education	Educational theory based intervention and systematic daily pain assessment

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline of the total score of Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain	Measurement will occur at first session of the educational intervention and 2 and 6 weeks after	Nurses attitude and knowledge as measured by a modified version of the instrument: Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from Baseline - Brief Pain Inventory, Short Form (BPI-SF)	Measurement will occur at admission of the patient and at discharge from the hospital. Estimated average time period from admission to discharge is 2 weeks	BPI-SF is a pain-assessment instrument developed for cancer patient. The instrument consists of nine items, and a figure depicting a human body where the patient marks position and type of pain. BPI-SF includes items concerning the degree of pain right now, pain during the last day and pain on average as well as items concerning effect of pain treatment, walking ability, mood, work, relationships and if sleep are affected by pain.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Blekinge Hospital; 🇸🇪 Karlskrona, Sweden