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Improving Cancer Pain Management Through Self-Care
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating PRO-SELF PLUS Pain Management Program for Cancer and Pain. Completed, enrolled 185 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed Summary
This study will test two different doses of a psychoeducational intervention to improve cancer pain management. In addition, the study will determine if the changes in pain management behaviors that the patients and family caregivers learn continue to be used when the intervention stops. It is hypothesized that patients and family caregivers who receive the high dose intervention will have a greater decrease in pain intensity scores.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The psychoeducational intervention will be conducted by specially trained oncology nurses and will include the components of knowledge, skills training, and coaching to improve cancer pain management. Patients in both groups will be seen in their homes over the course of 10 weeks with phone calls conducted in between the home visits. Patients in the HIGH-DOSE group will receive 6 visits and 10 phone calls \[total time 12.3 hours\]. Patients in the LOW-DOSE group will receive 4 visits and 6 phone calls \[8.0 hours\]. Follow-up visits to assess the sustainability of the intervention will be done at 2 weeks, 1 month and 3 months after the intervention. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses will be conducted to evaluate patient outcomes.