Developing a Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit
TerminatedNot applicableNCT03853291
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The proposed research will develop, refine, and pilot test the Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit (PICT), an intervention to help family caregivers of community-dwelling persons with dementia identify pain symptoms and communicate those symptoms to health care providers. Informed by self-efficacy theory, PICT will include: a) training in administering an observational assessment tool to identify pain in persons with dementia, b) coaching in effective communication about the person with dementia's pain symptoms, c) future planning for steps to take when pain is detected, and d) updating caregivers' skills through routine practice with the pain assessment tool. All components will be vetted and iteratively field-tested with a sample of racially and ethnically diverse caregivers of community-dwelling persons with dementia and health care providers. A two-group pilot randomized trial will examine the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary impact of PICT on caregivers' initiation of pain-related communication with health care providers.
Study details
- Official title
- Developing a Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit for Family Caregivers of Persons With Dementia
- Conditions
- Dementia
- Chronic Pain
- Interventions
- Behavioral: PICT Workbook
- Behavioral: Information Pamphlet
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Aging (NIA); Cornell University; Rutgers University; University of Iowa
- Start date
- 2019-03-08
- Primary completion
- 2021-08-11
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 21 Years to 100 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
For all phases: Inclusion Criteria: * Family caregiver * Age 21 or older * English speaking * Cognitively intact * Provides at least 8 hours of care per week to a person with dementia and pain * Has provided care for at least 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * Paid caregiver * Age 20 or younger * Non-English speaking * Cognitively impaired * Does not provide at least 8 hours of care per week to a person with dementia who also has a pain diagnosis * Has not provided care for at least 6 months * Currently enrolled in hospice * The patient to whom the caregiver provides assistance is in enrolled in hospice * Care recipient does not have dementia diagnosis or pain diagnosis For field test and interview phases: Healthcare professionals: * Currently providing clinical services to persons with dementia and/or chronic pain * Has provided these clinical services for at least 1 year
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03853291