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Pain assessment and management deficiencies in nursing homes (NHs) are well documented. Unrelieved pain in this setting results in poorer resident outcomes, including depression, decreased mobility, sleep disturbance, and impaired physical and social functioning. This randomized controlled trial will evaluate the efficacy of a pain management algorithm coupled with intense diffusion strategies in improving pain, physical function and depression among NH residents. Specific aims of the study are to: 1) Evaluate the effectiveness of a pain management algorithm (ALG) coupled with intense diffusion strategies, as compared with pain education (EDU) and weak diffusion strategies, in improving pain, mobility, and depression among NH residents; 2) Determine the extent to which adherence to the ALG and organizational factors are associated with changes in resident outcomes and the extent to which changes in these variables are associated with changes in outcomes; 3) Evaluate the persistence of changes in process and outcome variables at long-term follow-up and 4) Evaluate the relationships among behavioral problems and pain in severely cognitively impaired residents who are unable to provide self-report.
Inadequate pain management in nursing homes (NHs) is well documented. Unrelieved pain in this setting results in depression, decreased mobility, sleep disturbance, and impaired physical and social functioning. This randomized controlled trial will evaluate the efficacy of a pain management algorithm delivered using intense diffusion strategies. Outcomes are facility pain practices and residents' pain, physical function and depression. Specific aims of the study are to: 1) Evaluate the effectiveness of a pain management algorithm (ALG) coupled with intense diffusion strategies, as compared with pain education (EDU) and weak diffusion strategies, in improving pain, mobility, and depression among NH residents; 2) Determine the extent to which adherence to the ALG and organizational factors are associated with changes in resident outcomes and the extent to which changes in these variables are associated with changes in outcomes; 3) Evaluate the persistence of changes in process and outcome variables at long-term follow-up and 4) Evaluate the relationships among behavioral problems and pain in severely cognitively impaired residents who are unable to provide self-report.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Algorithm | Experimental | The NH pain management algorithm is a series of decision-making tools that begins with regular, comprehensive pain assessment matched to residents' cognitive status and proceed through analgesic therapy appropriate to the character, severity, and pattern of pain. The algorithm is coupled with intense diffusion strategies (e.g., education, consultation, boosters) to increase adoption of these evidence-based practices |
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| Control | Active Comparator | Control sites received staff education for pain assessment and management comprised of four one-hour classes |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Algorithm | Behavioral | The NH pain management algorithm is a series of decision-making tools that begin with regular, comprehensive pain assessment matched to residents' cognitive status and proceed through analgesic therapy appropriate to the character, severity, and pattern of pain. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from Baseline in Pain at 3 months | Brief Pain Inventory (self-reporting participants) Nursing Assistant Surrogate Report | 3 months |
| Change from Baseline in Pain at 6 months | Brief Pain Inventory (self-reporting participants) Nursing Assistant Surrogate Report | 6 months post intervention |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from Baseline in Mobility at 3 months | Functional independence measure - locomotion | 3 months |
| Change from Baseline in Agitation at 6 months | Pittsburgh Agitation Scale |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Mary Ersek, PhD | University of Pennsylvania | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Swedish Medical Center | Seattle | Washington | 98014 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 21346465 | Background | Jablonski AM, DuPen AR, Ersek M. The use of algorithms in assessing and managing persistent pain in older adults. Am J Nurs. 2011 Mar;111(3):34-43; quiz 44-5. doi: 10.1097/10.1097/01.NAJ.0000395239.60981.2f. | |
| 21094018 | Background | Ersek M, Polissar N, Neradilek MB. Development of a composite pain measure for persons with advanced dementia: exploratory analyses in self-reporting nursing home residents. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Mar;41(3):566-79. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.06.009. Epub 2010 Nov 20. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D010146 | Pain |
| D003863 | Depression |
| ID | Term |
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| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
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| D000465 | Algorithms |
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| D055641 | Mathematical Concepts |
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| 6 months |
| Change from Baseline Adherence to Best Practices at 3 months | Pain Management Chart audit Tool; 17 item tool evalauting staff adherence to recommended pain assessment and management practices | 3 months |
| Change from Baseline in Depression at 3 months | Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia | 3 months |
| Change from Baseline in Depression at 6 months | Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia | 6 months post intervention |
| Change from Baseline in Mobility at 6 months | Functional independence measure - locomotion | 6 months post-intervention |
| Change from Baseline in Adherence to Best Practices at 6 months | Pain Management Chart audit Tool; 17 item tool evalauting staff adherence to recommended pain assessment and management practices | 6 months post-intervention |
| 20088854 | Result | Ersek M, Herr K, Neradilek MB, Buck HG, Black B. Comparing the psychometric properties of the Checklist of Nonverbal Pain Behaviors (CNPI) and the Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAIN-AD) instruments. Pain Med. 2010 Mar;11(3):395-404. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00787.x. Epub 2010 Jan 15. |
| 19650621 | Result | Jablonski A, Ersek M. Nursing home staff adherence to evidence-based pain management practices. J Gerontol Nurs. 2009 Jul;35(7):28-34; quiz 36-7. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20090428-03. |
| 26897592 | Derived | Ersek M, Neradilek MB, Herr K, Jablonski A, Polissar N, Du Pen A. Pain Management Algorithms for Implementing Best Practices in Nursing Homes: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2016 Apr 1;17(4):348-56. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.01.001. Epub 2016 Feb 17. |
| 22879574 | Derived | Ersek M, Polissar N, Pen AD, Jablonski A, Herr K, Neradilek MB. Addressing methodological challenges in implementing the nursing home pain management algorithm randomized controlled trial. Clin Trials. 2012 Oct;9(5):634-44. doi: 10.1177/1740774512454243. Epub 2012 Aug 9. |
| D001519 | Behavior |