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The Use of a Digital Application for Reporting Pain and Pain Management in Home Hospice
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating e-PainSupport for Pain. Completed, enrolled 88 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Poor adherence to pain management and high pain intensity associated with serious, advanced illness is a major public health concern. This randomized clinical trial will test the efficacy of a newly enhanced digital pain and pain management application (e-PainSupport) for use in a home hospice setting. The e-PainSupport application delivers an education module about pain management to patients and caregivers, expedites pain reporting to nurses, and facilitates adherence to pain management. The overall goal of the e-PainSupport application is to improve pain management and reduce patient pain intensity in the home hospice setting.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Patients and caregivers assigned to the e-PainSupport condition will download the app on their own device, or they will be given a project tablet with wireless capability if they do not have their own device. All receive specific training for the intervention. They will also receive a hardcopy of the e-PainSupport manual and a trouble-shooting guide. Contact information will be provided in the app and on paper for technical problems. Caregivers complete Education Module, and patients may complete it. Caregiver or patient will fill out Pain Report daily. Pain Summary for Nurses is an automatically generated graphic summary of patients' Pain Reports over time. Nurses have access to this information during the time the patients and caregivers use e-PainSupport.