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The ACTIVE Intervention to Improve Hospice Care
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St Joseph |
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Missouri |
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65203 |
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Caregiver |
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The ACTIVE Intervention to Improve Hospice Caregiver Pain Management The major goal of this
project is to implement and test this promising intervention in three hospice programs. The
mixed methods evaluation of this RCT will provide evidence-based data for a tested
intervention manual that hospice staff members can use to integrate the intervention into
their practices. We will rigorously test the effectiveness of the ACTIVE intervention (RQ1).
We will investigate whether the assessment of the ICG perception of pain management will
identify those who will benefit most (RQ2) and whether changes in the perceptions of
informal caregivers will result in improvement of patient pain (RQ3). With a cost effective
intervention (RQ4, 5) and an understanding for a translation plan (RQ6, 7), involving the
informal caregivers and patients (when able) on the IDT team can become the standard of
care. This intervention may have the potential to influence not only hospice care but also
care for other patients experiencing chronic or terminal pain.
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Inclusion Criteria: Informal Caregiver Inclusion Criteria
1. Informal caregiver of an enrolled hospice patient
2. Age 18 or over and legally able to provide informed consent
3. Involved in decisions related to pain medications
4. Access to at least one of the below:
1. A standard land line telephone
2. A high-speed Internet connection with operational computer
5. Without functional hearing loss or with a hearing aid that allows the participant to
conduct phone or Internet conversations as assessed by the research staff (by
questioning and observation
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Exclusion Criteria:Informal caregivers of hospice patients with a life expectancy
less than 14 days as assessed by the hospice nurse with the palliative performance
scale (PPS) (99)
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NCT01211340 |
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Principal Investigator
Debra Parker Oliver, PhD
University of Missouri-Columbia
Debra Parker Oliver, PhD
Phone: 573-884-5301
Email: oliverdr@missouri.edu
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| Backup Contact: |
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Email: daytm@missouri.edu
Tami Day, BSN
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St Joseph, Missouri 65203
United States
Megan Mooney, BSW
Email: mooneym@missouri.edu
Site Status: Recruiting |
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ClinicalTrials.gov |
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May 22, 2013 |
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