Dementia Pain Management Educational Program

Sponsor

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT04256382

Collaborator

(none)

285

Enrollment

Location

Arms

34.3

Actual Duration (Months)

8.3

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study aims to develop and test a scale for exploring hospital nurses' knowledge about dementia pain and dementia pain management.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Dementia	Other: dementia pain care education Other: dementia care education	N/A

Detailed Description

The researcher recruited 285 nurses from three hospitals, and divided them into the experimental group and the comparison group. The experimental group took two-hour online course about dementia pain care in two weeks. The comparison group took two-hour online course about dementia care in two weeks. The nurses performed a post-test after the two-week course immediately; two weeks later, the second post-test was performed again.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

285 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Single (Participant)

Primary Purpose:

Health Services Research

Official Title:

Dementia Pain Management Knowledge Scale Development and Impact of an Educational Program on Hospital Nurses' Knowledge Evaluation

Actual Study Start Date :

Mar 27, 2017

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Dec 24, 2019

Actual Study Completion Date :

Feb 3, 2020

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: experimental group The experimental group took two-hour online course about dementia pain care in two weeks.	Other: dementia pain care education Participants are educated about dementia pain care.
Active Comparator: comparison group The comparison group took two-hour online course about dementia care in two weeks.	Other: dementia care education Participants are educated about dementia pain care.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: experimental group

The experimental group took two-hour online course about dementia pain care in two weeks.

Other: dementia pain care education

Participants are educated about dementia pain care.

Active Comparator: comparison group

The comparison group took two-hour online course about dementia care in two weeks.

Other: dementia care education

Participants are educated about dementia pain care.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

score of Dementia Pain Management Knowledge Scale [2 months]
Testing nurses' Dementia Pain Management Knowledge. The minimum value of this scale is 15, and the maximum value is 0. Higher scores mean having better Dementia Pain Management Knowledge.

Secondary Outcome Measures

score of Dementia Care Knowledge 16 [2 months]
Testing nurses' Dementia Care Knowledge. The minimum value of thus scale is 16, and the maximum value is 0. Higher scores mean having better Dementia Care Knowledge.
score of the Chinese version of the Knowledge and Beliefs About Pain in Elderly Patients With Dementia (KBPED-C) questionnaire [2 months]
Testing nurses' Knowledge and Beliefs About Pain in Elderly Patients With Dementia. The minimum value of this scale is 85, and the maximum value is 17. Higher scores mean having better Knowledge and Beliefs About Pain in Elderly Patients With Dementia.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

20 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Nurses working in district hospitals, regional hospitals, or medical centers.

Exclusion Criteria:

Nurses working with obstetrics, pediatrics, or outpatient.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital	Kaohsiung city		Taiwan	807

Sponsors and Collaborators

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT04256382

Other Study ID Numbers:

KMUHIRB-E(II)-20170072

First Posted:

Feb 5, 2020

Last Update Posted:

Feb 5, 2020

Last Verified:

Feb 1, 2020

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Dementia

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Feb 5, 2020