Evaluating the Efficacy of the Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit

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Conditions studied: Caregiver Burden, Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Pain, Chronic

In brief

This study will evaluate the Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit (PICT), a multicomponent intervention for caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). PICT provides training in observational pain assessment and coaching in effective pain communication techniques. It will recruit participants from programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) and partnering health care clinics. The investigators hypothesize that PICT will help caregivers to recognize and communicate about pain in their care recipients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06168604

Run by

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

People needed

440

Starts

2023-12-14

Expected to finish

2027-10-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-12

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 21 or older
• Any gender
• English speaking
• Cognitively intact (BOMC ≤10)
• Provides care to a community-dwelling adult with dementia or cognitive impairment who also has a pain diagnosis
• Care recipient is not enrolled in hospice
• Visits the care recipient at least weekly
• Accessible by telephone

You may not qualify if…

• Paid caregiver
• Age 20 or younger
• Non-English speaking
• Cognitively impaired
• Does not provide care to a person with dementia or cognitive impairment who also has a pain diagnosis
• Currently enrolled in hospice
• The patient to whom the caregiver provides assistance is enrolled in hospice
• Visits care recipient less than weekly
• Not accessible by telephone.
• PATIENT PARTICIPANTS
• Inclusion Criteria:
• Residing in community settings
• Record of dementia or cognitive impairment
• Diagnosis of pain
• Responsive to environment
• No terminal illness with life expectancy <6 months
• Not in active cancer treatment
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Lives in a residential facility (such as a nursing home or assisted living)
• Enrolled in hospice
• No dementia or cognitive impairment
• Unresponsive to environment
• Has terminal illness with life expectancy <6 months
• Are in active cancer treatment

Where it is running

• Weill Cornell Medicine — New York, New York, United States (enrolling)

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