Intervention Study to Enhance Patients' Pain Management After Cardiac Surgery

NCT01976403 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 416

Last updated 2014-11-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main objective of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effect of an intervention formed as a pain booklet provided to patients at discharge from hospital following cardiac surgery.

The primary objectives are to:

1. Develop and implement a pain booklet to improve pain management after cardiac surgery
2. Evaluate the effect of the pain booklet compared to a group of patients given usual care

Conditions

  • Pain
  • Pain, Postoperative
  • Other Functional Disturbances Following Cardiac Surgery

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Pain Booklet

The Pain Relief After Cardiac Surgery is originally a Canadian booklet. The booklet is further developed and modified for Norwegian patients

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oslo University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER
  • Oslo Metropolitan University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marit Leegaard, PhD RN · Oslo Metropolitan University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2014-09-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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Diseases

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