NCT03471390

Improving Pain Management in Nursing Homes: a Pilot Study

Identification and Development of Interfaces and Processes to Improve Quality of Life of Residents at Senevita ProQuaS 2- Improving Pain Management in Nursing Homes: a Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 250 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Basel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to improve pain management in Swiss nursing homes by addressing behavior change of the care workers with a multilevel intervention

Detailed description

Pain management in nursing homes often is inadequate despite the availability of evidence- based pain management guidelines. Barriers to pain management in nursing homes occur on several levels including lack of knowledge and negative beliefs towards pain of care workers. For this embedded mixed-methods pilot study a convenience sample of maximum six nursing homes will be recruited. The planned intervention comprises the implementation of pain management policies, training of all care workers in pain assessment and management as well as training and introduction of a facility pain champion. Quantitative outcomes assessed at baseline, after three and six months include self-efficacy and attitudes to pain of care workers, functional interference from pain and pain intensity in residents. Feasibility and acceptability of the intervention and potential barriers to its implementation will be explored in focus groups and interviews.

Conditions

• Pain Management

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	ProQuaS 2 Intervention	Training and implementation of facility pain champions, comprehensive training of all care workers in pain assessment and management, implementation of pain management policies

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-10-24
• Primary completion: 2018-11-15
• Completion: 2019-03-01
• First posted: 2018-03-20
• Last updated: 2021-04-30

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: Switzerland