NCT02438384

Patient Education to Improve Pain Management in Older Adults With Acute Musculoskeletal Pain: A Pilot Randomized Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 75 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a three arm pilot randomized trial. Patients will be assigned to: 1. Usual care 2. Video education in the Emergency Department (ED) 3. Video education in the ED plus phone follow-up at three days with geriatric pain management specialist for all patients with pain \>=4/10

Detailed description

This is a three arm pilot randomized trial. Patients will be assigned to: 1. Usual care 2. Video education in the ED (10 minute interactive video) 3. Video education in the ED plus phone follow-up at three days with geriatric pain management specialist for all patients with pain \>=4/10

Conditions

• Musculoskeletal Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Video	This is a 10 minute interactive video which provided information to the viewer regarding the safe and effective use of analgesics for acute musculoskeletal pain at home. The focus is on acetaminophen, NSAIDs, and opioids.
BEHAVIORAL	Phone follow-up	The call will be made by the study coordinator, who is a medical student. Any patients reporting a pain score in the past 24 hours of 4 or more will be re-contacted by an emergency physician with special training in geriatric pain management. This individual will provide recommendations to the patient regarding treatment options.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-09-01
• Primary completion: 2017-06-17
• Completion: 2017-06-17
• First posted: 2015-05-08
• Last updated: 2020-02-26
• Results posted: 2020-02-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States