Dementia Pain Management Educational Program

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dementia

Treatments: Other: dementia care education; Other: dementia pain care education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04256382

KMUHIRB-E(II)-20170072

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to develop and test a scale for exploring hospital nurses' knowledge about dementia pain and dementia pain management.

Full description

The researcher recruited 285 nurses from three hospitals, and divided them into the experimental group and the comparison group. The experimental group took two-hour online course about dementia pain care in two weeks. The comparison group took two-hour online course about dementia care in two weeks. The nurses performed a post-test after the two-week course immediately; two weeks later, the second post-test was performed again.

Enrollment: 285 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Nurses working in district hospitals, regional hospitals, or medical centers.

Exclusion criteria

• Nurses working with obstetrics, pediatrics, or outpatient.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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285 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group took two-hour online course about dementia pain care in two weeks.

Treatment:

Other: dementia pain care education

comparison group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The comparison group took two-hour online course about dementia care in two weeks.

Treatment:

Other: dementia care education