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It is estimated that 45-80 % of nursing home residents have substantial pain at any given time. Residents with impaired cognition have been found to report chronic pain more often, more frequent and more severe, compared to residents with normal cognition. Approximately 3/4 of permanent residents in nursing homes in Norway have developed dementia. The burden of dementia is often compounded by painful conditions. Despite over a decade of research on the subject, inadequate pain assessment and management remain significant problems among institutionalized older adults, with and without dementia. The poor pain management in patients with dementia has been attributed, at least in part, to difficulties with, and lack of, pain assessment in this population. Therefore, this study seek to determine the effect of regular pain assessment.


Clinical Trial Description

The aim of the study is to determine the effect of regular pain assessment on pain management interventions applied and patient outcomes among patient with severe dementia.

A cluster randomized controlled trial will be conducted. A cluster is defined as a single independent nursing home. The clusters will be randomly assigned to either the experimental or control condition. Appropriate information will be given to both the intervention and the control group. All nurses in the experimental conditions will be taught how to administer the DOLOPLUS-2. The study will start after the initial education session. During the 3-month study period, the participating nursing staff will be asked to complete the DOLOPLUS-2 regularly. The control groups will receive standard methods of care. Data collection at baseline and at 4, 8 and 12 months. ;


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NCT number NCT02945865
Study type Interventional
Source Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date January 26, 2015
Completion date March 17, 2018

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