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The Effect of an Individualized Education Intervention on Pain Following Inguinal Hernia Repair Surgery

NCT01063790 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 82

Last updated 2012-07-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Pain after inguinal hernia repair surgery is common with more than 50% of patients reporting moderate to severe acute pain following surgery. Analgesics are helpful in managing this pain but patients can be reluctant to take analgesics due to potential adverse effects such as nausea, vomiting or constipation. Patients may also be concerned about addiction to analgesics or they may believe that experiencing moderate to severe pain after surgery is to be expected.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of an individualized education program regarding pain and management of adverse effects on pain after inguinal hernia repair surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Individualized Education

The intervention consists of written information in the form of a booklet, an individualized face to face education session and two telephone support calls regarding post-discharge pain management, adverse effects of analgesics and common concerns about asking for help with pain.Participants in the intervention group will also receive two telephone support calls. The purpose of the telephone support calls is to readdress the information that patients received in the booklet and to clarify concerns regarding post-operative pain management that were discussed during the individualized education session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Unity Health Toronto

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Judy Watt-Watson, RN, PhD · University of Toronto

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2011-01-31
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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