Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Recruiting
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT02001454 |
| Other study ID # |
0032-13 |
| Secondary ID |
|
| Status |
Recruiting |
| Phase |
N/A
|
| First received |
November 27, 2013 |
| Last updated |
November 27, 2013 |
| Start date |
November 2013 |
| Est. completion date |
May 2015 |
Study information
| Verified date |
November 2013 |
| Source |
Ziv Hospital |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
Israel: Ministry of Health |
| Study type |
Observational
|
Clinical Trial Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare attitudes and knowledge of the staff of various
departments in our Medical Center in regards to pain treatment. With the results of our
survey we will then draw up a protocol on pain management.
Description:
Our belief is that the establishment of a pain protocol at the Ziv Medical Center will
improve effectiveness of pain treatment. The present study involves surveying the current
knowledge and attitudes of caregivers who are responsible for evaluating pain in patients
and subsequent treatment in various departments of the hospital without a pain protocol.
According to the IASP (International Association for the Study of Pain) :" Pain is an
unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue
damage, or described in terms of such damage". According to WHO, assessment is necessary in
every situation that involves pain, excluding pain that is life threatening. Valid and
reliable assessment is essential for effective pain management. The very nature of pain
makes it impossible to measure objectively. There are different types of pain, and as
caregivers, we need to diagnose the pain accurately in order that each patient gets the most
effective treatment and continued evaluations, as needed. When caregivers decide on a
treatment for pain, they are relying on the relatively objective VAS (Visual Analogue
Scale.) According to recent studies most patients were dissatisfied with the pain treatment
they had received. Approximately eighty percent of patients who present to emergency
departments worldwide come because of pain.
Often the patient and the caregiver have different ideas about what pain is and how to treat
it. Cultural differences, gender differences, even age differences may affect reactions of
both the caretaker and the patient. There are many ways to treat pain, and various reasons
for how people react to pain.
The present study is designed to measure the knowledge and attitudes of caregivers and in
regard to the pain of their patients. An assessment of patient satisfaction to pain
management will be also be performed.
Staff members working in wards involved with pain will be asked to fill out anonymous
questionnaires concerning knowledge and attitudes toward pain. Patients will also be asked
to fill out anonymous questionnaires in regard to their pain treatment. Informed consent
will be requested. Responses will be collated and recorded. A future study is planned using
a new pain protocol. The questionnaires will be repeated after the protocol has been in
place for 12 months, at which time responses will be compared.
