Harassment of Pain Clinic Staff by Patients

Sponsor

Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic (Other)

Overall Status

Recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05876104

Collaborator

(none)

500

Enrollment

Location

71.9

Anticipated Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Chronic pain is associated with psychological disorders, and many patients have behavioral problems. Some patients harass pain services staff. Most healthcare staff do not report harassment by patients.

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of prospective electronic and clinic diary data. Evaluation of incidents of clinic staff harassment; caused by patients and patients' family. Analysis of causative factors, incident outcome and lessons learned.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Patient Violence	Behavioral: Behavioral therapy

Detailed Description

Chronic pain is associated with psychological and mental health disorders. Many patients have personality and behavioral disorders. Some patients harass their pain care providers. Most healthcare staff do not report harassment by patients.

This is a quantitative and qualitative analysis of prospective electronic and clinic diary data. It is an evaluation of incidents of pain clinic staff harassment; caused by patients and patients' family. This is an analysis of incident causative factors, incident outcome and lessons learned. The qualitative information of each incident is presented in a sensitive and careful format.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Anticipated Enrollment :

500 participants

Observational Model:

Cohort

Time Perspective:

Prospective

Official Title:

Harassment of Pain Clinic Staff by Chronic Pain Patients

Actual Study Start Date :

Jan 2, 2018

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Dec 31, 2023

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Dec 31, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Adult chronic pain patients Adult chronic pain patients who harass pain clinic staff	Behavioral: Behavioral therapy Behavioral and supportive therapy

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Adult chronic pain patients

Adult chronic pain patients who harass pain clinic staff

Behavioral: Behavioral therapy

Behavioral and supportive therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Percentage of patients who harassed clinic staff [12 months]
Percentage of patients who harassed clinic staff

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

20 Years to 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

adult chronic pain patients

Exclusion Criteria:

pediatric chronic pain patients

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic	Surrey	British Columbia	Canada	V3S 7J1

Sponsors and Collaborators

Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Olu Bamgbade, MD,FRCPC, Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT05876104

Other Study ID Numbers:

SalemAne2022 Harass By Patient

First Posted:

May 25, 2023

Last Update Posted:

May 31, 2023

Last Verified:

May 1, 2023

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

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

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

Keywords provided by Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic

Harassment by patients

Study Results

No Results Posted as of May 31, 2023