An Evaluation of the Effect of Community-based Pharmacist Intervention on Patients With Chronic Pain

University of Waterloo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Pain

Treatments: Other: medication reviews, assessment, recommendations, education.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03087331

21092

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a prospective, pre post, pilot cohort study to be conducted in patients with chronic pain, which is defined as pain that lasts beyond 3 months. To accomplish the primary and secondary objectives of the study, three phrases will be designed and completed during three months

Full description

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of community-based pharmacist interventions on the quality of life of patients with chronic pain as determined by self-reported pain levels using an established scoring system. Participating pharmacists will enroll chronic pain patients from their normal practice to receive a consultation, which consists of an assessment of their current pain, a medication review, and education about their condition. Based on the information provided by the patient, the pharmacist will prepare a care plan, contact the patient's prescriber, and, in conjunction with the prescriber, implement the plan to help relieve their pain. Follow-up assessments will be done after 2 weeks, and 3 months.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Aged 18 or older
2. Baseline average pain intensity using Brief Pain Inventory is 6 or higher
3. Ambulatory and able to attend the intervention
4. Complaining of pain for 3 months or longer

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with malignant or cancer pain
2. Patients who are unable to communicate in English
3. Non-ambulatory and unable to attend the intervention at the participating site
4. Unable to give informed consent.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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19 participants in 1 patient group

Pharmacist intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Within the pharmacist intervention arm, pharmacists will do medication reviews, assessment, recommendations, education.

Treatment:

Other: medication reviews, assessment, recommendations, education.