Comparison of Methods for Recording Post Operative Pain: A Prospective Randomized Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 147
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Comparing Methods for Pain Score collection
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of the current study is to identify the optimal method of collection of pain intensity data. The study will compare three collection methods: a hand-written pain journal, a smartphone app, and a novel electronic pain recorder device. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of three methods and instructed to record their pain level as often as they like. The number of pain intensity recordings per day will then be compared across groups.
详细描述
Pain is a universal experience and at the forefront of all things medicine; however, the way medical professionals deal with it lacks coherence. Clinicians often ask their patients how their pain is, but seldom document it with enough information to be useful. The purpose of this study is to determine how we can collect the most self-reported pain intensity data. The investigators will collect this data with time and date-stamped Visual Analogue Scale-a pain rating scale from 0-10-scores for each patient in the study, randomized to one of three groups (pen & paper, app, and pain recorder device). As pain is a universal experience and a hallmark sign of many disease states, having a detailed recording of the patient's pain journey is of utmost importance, and understanding that pain with further granularity can only help with the diagnosis of worsening disease, personalization of treatment, and outcomes assessment.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Diagnostic
- 盲法
- None
盲法说明
The three different methods are very apparent and masking wouldn't provide any benefit
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Patient over 18 years old
排除标准
- •Patient cannot use a smartphone
- •Patient cannot use his hands to write or press a button
- •Patient has a nerve catheter (has no pain)
- •Altered mental status
- •Neuropathy causing loss of pain sensation
结局指标
主要结局
Comparing Methods for Pain Score collection
时间窗: On patient discharge, up to 2 weeks
Pain Scores will be measured on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) via 3 different methods to determine the best way to collect pain intensity data. The Visual Analog Scale goes from 0-10 where 0 means no pain and 10 means maximum pain.
次要结局
未报告次要终点