Effect of Repeated Feedback to Registered Nurses Pain Nursing Documentation

Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Repeated Feedback to RNs' Pain Nursing Documentation: A Cluster Randomized Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05373641
• Other study ID #: 50UL015
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 4, 2022
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: Kuopio University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study is to find out how pain nursing documentation audit and educational feedback effect to RN's pain nursing documentation, the average level of pain nursing documentation knowledge of unit RN's, patient satisfaction of pain management and number of pain nursing incident reports. In addition, how background variables are related to the pain nursing documentation.

Research hypothesis:

Pain nursing documentation audit and educational feedback increased RNs' pain nursing documentation and knowledge, patient satisfaction to pain management and effect to number of pain nursing incident reports.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: November 30, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Registered nurses (RN) who work at the Kuopio University Hospital in units of which patients potentially require pain management.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Professionals other than RN

• RN who do not use pain management strategies in their work

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Education
• Nurse's Role
• Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Repeated feedback
Repeated feedback monthly based on previous month pain documentation audit results.
• Pain documentation audit
Monthly pain documentation audit

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Finland	Kuopio University Hospital	Kuopio

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kuopio University Hospital	University of Eastern Finland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Finland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in RNs' pain documentation	MEASUREMENT TOOL: Structured audit frame to evaluate pain assessment and management documentation.; UNIT OF MEASURE: Information is collected as follows from EHR; Patient pain documented in the care chart; Patient need for pain management documented; Patient pain management goal documented; Patient pain assessment; Patient pain assessment in the previous 24 hours; Patient pain; Use of pain assessment tool; Non-pharmacological methods; Pharmacological interventions; Intervention (pharmacological or non-pharmacological effect assessment); Multiple measurements are aggregated to achieve one declared value as follows: First, each evaluated area results in 0 (not fulfilled) or 1 point (fulfilled). Second, the points are summed. Third, the sum is transformed to a 0-100 scale and reported as a single value reflecting pain documentation quality.	Baseline (T0), month 1 (T1), month 2 (T2), month 3 (T3), month 4 (T4), month 5 (T5) month 6 (T6), month 7 (T7), month 8 (T8)
Primary	Change in RNs' pain knowledge	Pain knowledge questionnaire used in three time points	Baseline (T0), month 3 (T3), month (T7)
Secondary	Change in patient satisfaction of pain management	Nursing patient feedback questionnaire analyzed at two time points	Before intervention (T0), month 3 (T3), month 6 (T6), month 8 (T8)
Secondary	Change in number of pain nursing incident reports	Pain nursing incident reports analyzed at two time points	Before intervention (T0), month 8 (T8)