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Upper Extremity Life Care Specialist (LCS)

NCT05422014 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 117

Last updated 2026-08-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a randomized control trial aimed at learning more about LCS position and the value it provides to the patient's who have sustained upper extremity traumas.

Conditions

  • Upper Extremity Trauma

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Life Care Specialist (LCS)

Life Care Specialist (LCS) will : * Provide patients with individualized risk assessment for opioid misuse. * Act as patient's "Pain Coach." Providing targeted education and behavior-based pain treatment options. * Train and provide CWC evidence based non-pharmaceutical pain management techniques, using the Community Resiliency Model. * Use the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) as the method to identity the risk of substance misuse. * Provide education, support and resources, as well as local, state, and national resources to enhance the whole health aspect of the position. These resources include but are not limited to: written documents that outline the key concepts of the pain management techniques taught by the LCS and a list of hotlines and websites. * LCS, when applicable, will provide education for caretakers on the risk of opioid use and the non -pharmaceutical pain management protocol. * Provide follow up for all patients in intervention group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Emory University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nicole Zelenski, MD · Emory University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-10-17
Primary Completion
2025-05-23
Completion
2025-08-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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