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Intervention Study to Enhance Patients' Pain Management After Cardiac Surgery

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Oslo Metropolitan University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Other Functional Disturbances Following Cardiac Surgery
Pain, Postoperative
Pain

Treatments

Behavioral: Pain Booklet

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01976403
2011/2010

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment

416 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • undergoing their first elective CABG, valve surgery or a combination
  • receiving the standard preadmission information
  • able to take care of themselves after discharge
  • able to read and write Norwegian and fill in the questionnaires
  • able to be contacted by telephone

Exclusion criteria

  • more than 12 hours at the intensive care unit after surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

416 participants in 2 patient groups

Pain booklet
Experimental group
Treatment:
Behavioral: Pain Booklet
standard care
No Intervention group

Trial contacts and locations

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