NCT01976403

Intervention Study to Enhance Patients' Pain Management After Cardiac Surgery

AA Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of an Intervention to Enhance Patients' Pain Management After Discharge From Cardiac Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 416 (actual)
• Sponsor: Oslo Metropolitan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main objective of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effect of an intervention formed as a pain booklet provided to patients at discharge from hospital following cardiac surgery. The primary objectives are to: 1. Develop and implement a pain booklet to improve pain management after cardiac surgery 2. Evaluate the effect of the pain booklet compared to a group of patients given usual care

Conditions

• Pain
• Pain, Postoperative
• Other Functional Disturbances Following Cardiac Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Pain Booklet	The Pain Relief After Cardiac Surgery is originally a Canadian booklet. The booklet is further developed and modified for Norwegian patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2013-11-05
• Last updated: 2014-11-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway