• Pain Med · Aug 2012

    Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study

    The effect of a translating research into practice (TRIP)--cancer intervention on cancer pain management in older adults in hospice.

    • Keela Herr, Marita Titler, Perry G Fine, Sara Sanders, Joseph E Cavanaugh, John Swegle, Xiongwen Tang, and Chris Forcucci.
    • University of Iowa, College of Nursing, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. keela-herr@uiowa.edu
    • Pain Med. 2012 Aug 1; 13 (8): 100410171004-17.

    BackgroundPain is a major concern for individuals with cancer, particularly older adults who make up the largest segment of individuals with cancer and who have some of the most unique pain challenges. One of the priorities of hospice is to provide a pain-free death, and while outcomes are better in hospice, patients still die with poorly controlled pain.ObjectiveThis article reports on the results of a Translating Research into Practice intervention designed to promote the adoption of evidence-based pain practices for older adults with cancer in community-based hospices.Setting  This Institutional Human Subjects Review Board-approved study was a cluster randomized controlled trial implemented in 16 Midwestern hospices.MethodsRetrospective medical records from newly admitted patients were used to determine the intervention effect. Additionally, survey and focus group data gathered from hospice staff at the completion of the intervention phase were analyzed.ResultsImprovement on the Cancer Pain Practice Index, an overall composite outcome measure of evidence-based practices for the experimental sites, was not significantly greater than control sites. Decrease in patient pain severity from baseline to post-intervention in the experimental group was greater; however, the result was not statistically significant (P = 0.1032).ConclusionsFindings indicate a number of factors that may impact implementation of multicomponent interventions, including unique characteristics and culture of the setting, the level of involvement with the change processes, competing priorities and confounding factors, and complexity of the innovation (practice change). Our results suggest that future study is needed on specific factors to target when implementing a community-based hospice intervention, including determining and measuring intervention fidelity prospectively.Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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