Patient Education to Improve Pain Management in Older Adults With Acute Musculoskeletal Pain: A Pilot Randomized Trial

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Musculoskeletal Pain

In brief

This is a three arm pilot randomized trial. Patients will be assigned to: 1. Usual care 2. Video education in the Emergency Department (ED) 3. Video education in the ED plus phone follow-up at three days with geriatric pain management specialist for all patients with pain \>=4/10

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02438384

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

75

Starts

2015-09-01

Expected to finish

2017-06-17

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-26

Who can join

Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 50 and older; ED visit for acute musculoskeletal pain

You may not qualify if…

• Cognitively impaired; chronic pain (daily opioid use prior to onset of pain or pain symptoms more than one month); prison; injury or pain condition requiring hospital admission.

Where it is running

• UNC Hospitals Emergency Department — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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