Feasibility of a staff training and support programme to improve pain assessment and management in people with dementia living in care homes.

Anya PetyaevaMartine KajanderVanessa LawrenceLei CliftonAlan J ThomasClive BallardIracema LeroiMichelle BriggsJose ClossTom DeningKayleigh Marie NunezIngelin TestadRenee RomeoIskandar JoharAnne Corbett

Published in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2017)

This study shows good initial feasibility of the PAIN-Dem intervention and provides valuable insight into training and support paradigms that deliver successful learning and behaviour change. There is a need for a larger trial of PAIN-Dem to establish its impact on resident pain and quantifiable staff behaviour measures. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
randomized controlled trial
study protocol
clinical trial
quality improvement
palliative care
spinal cord
spinal cord injury
patient safety
phase ii