Educational Intervention Targeting Nurses Attitudes and Knowledge About Cancer-related Pain Management

Neoplasms Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Theory Based Educational Intervention Targeting Nurses Attitudes and Knowledge Concerning Cancer-related Pain Management: A Study Protocol of a Quasi-experimental Study Design

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01313234
• Other study ID #: BFR20100046019
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 5, 2011
• Last updated: January 5, 2013
• Start date: April 2011
• Est. completion date: December 2011

Study information

• Verified date: January 2013
• Source: Blekinge Institute of Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Sweden: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether an intervention consisting of the implementation of guidelines about daily systematic pain assessment following a theory based education, targeting cancer-related pain and pain treatment, lead to a significantly positive improvement in RNs knowledge of, and attitudes towards their pain management. Furthermore will the interventions targeting the RNs influence the admitted patient's perception of their cancer-related pain?

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: December 2011
• Est. primary completion date: June 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Cancer diagnosis

• Aged 18 years and above

• Cognitively intact and able to verbally communicate

• At admission pain intensity >1 on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Trauma or planned and/or acute surgery.

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Neoplasms

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Education
Theory based education and systematic daily assessment

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Blekinge Hospital	Karlskrona

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Blekinge Institute of Technology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from baseline of the total score of Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain	Nurses attitude and knowledge as measured by a modified version of the instrument: Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain	Measurement will occur at first session of the educational intervention and 2 and 6 weeks after	No
Secondary	Change from Baseline - Brief Pain Inventory, Short Form (BPI-SF)	BPI-SF is a pain-assessment instrument developed for cancer patient. The instrument consists of nine items, and a figure depicting a human body where the patient marks position and type of pain. BPI-SF includes items concerning the degree of pain right now, pain during the last day and pain on average as well as items concerning effect of pain treatment, walking ability, mood, work, relationships and if sleep are affected by pain.	Measurement will occur at admission of the patient and at discharge from the hospital. Estimated average time period from admission to discharge is 2 weeks	No