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Computerized Decision Support Tool for Pain Management in Primary Care

NCT04716621 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 528

Last updated 2021-01-22

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Summary

Chronic pain is highly prevalent, compromises quality of life, and increases care utilization. Primary care providers are challenged to provide effective treatments, use opioid therapy appropriately, and address the adverse consequences of pain. Technology-enabled decision support tools may provide a means to improve pain management in primary care.

The objective of this study was to evaluate a novel electronic health record (EHR)-based decision support tool-plus-education intervention for pain management in primary care.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Early intervention

The Pain Management Support System for Primary Care (PMSS-PC) generated "best practice alerts" and gave clinicians access to a pain assessment template, measures of psychological distress and substance use, guidelines for drug and non-drug therapies, and facilitated referrals. At implementation, clinicians at the practices were offered in-person and virtual education through six webinars on best practices for pain.

OTHER

Delayed intervention

Delayed wait-list control group. The second arm involved three additional sites receiving the PMSS-PC intervention 6 months after the first arm. Initial outcomes from the PMSS-PC Experimental Intervention arm were compared to those of this Wait-list Control arm.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pfizer

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • The Institute for Family Health

    collaborator OTHER

  • MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-11-11
Primary Completion
2016-04-30
Completion
2016-04-30

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