Dementia Pain Management Educational Program

Dementia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Dementia Pain Management Knowledge Scale Development and Impact of an Educational Program on Hospital Nurses' Knowledge Evaluation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04256382
• Other study ID #: KMUHIRB-E(II)-20170072
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 27, 2017
• Est. completion date: February 3, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: February 2020
• Source: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 285
• Est. completion date: February 3, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 24, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

• Nurses working with obstetrics, pediatrics, or outpatient.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dementia

Intervention

Other:
• dementia pain care education
Participants are educated about dementia pain care.
• dementia care education
Participants are educated about dementia pain care.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital	Kaohsiung city

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	score of Dementia Pain Management Knowledge Scale	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.	2 months
Secondary	score of Dementia Care Knowledge 16	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.	2 months
Secondary	score of the Chinese version of the Knowledge and Beliefs About Pain in Elderly Patients With Dementia (KBPED-C) questionnaire	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.	2 months