Health services research
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Health services research · Feb 2009
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyTranslating research into practice intervention improves management of acute pain in older hip fracture patients.
To test an interdisciplinary, multifaceted, translating research into practice (TRIP) intervention to (a) promote adoption, by physicians and nurses, of evidence-based (EB) acute pain management practices in hospitalized older adults, (b) decrease barriers to use of EB acute pain management practices, and (c) decrease pain intensity of older hospitalized adults. ⋯ The TRIP intervention improved quality of acute pain management of older adults hospitalized with a hip fracture.