Study of the Impact of a Pain Diary in Pediatric Patients

Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Impact of a Pain Diary on the Communication of Pain in Pediatric Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00935207
• Other study ID #: 2009-0054
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 17, 2009
• Last updated: May 2, 2013
• Start date: June 2009
• Est. completion date: December 2011

Study information

• Verified date: May 2013
• Source: University of Mississippi Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to show the impact of a pain diary on the communication of pain by pediatric patients. Participants will be given a pain diary after consent and asked to complete the record each time they have pain. A survey about the efficacy of the pain diary will be taken prior to discharge by the nurse, physician, patient and parents. The hypothesis is that the pain diary will improve the communication.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 8
• Est. completion date: December 2011
• Est. primary completion date: December 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 3 Years to 19 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Inpatients at the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children 3-19 years of age, receiving regular controlled substance analgesic defined as: codeine with acetaminophen, fentanyl, hydromorphone, meperidine, morphine, oxycodone with acetaminophen, propoxyphene with acetaminophen, and hydrocodone with acetaminophen.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

• Surgical patients, defined as patients having surgery since admission other than minor procedures

• Patients anticipated to receive pain medication for less than 24 hours

• Patients unable to verbally communicate their pain

Study Design

Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Pediatric Pain Diary
Pain diary designed for pediatric patients

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Mississippi Medical Center	Jackson	Mississippi

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Child Survey		Hospital discharge	No
Primary	Parent Survey		Hospital Discharge	No
Primary	Nurse Survey		Hospital Discharge	No
Primary	Physician Survey		Hospital Discharge	No