A controlled investigation of continuing pain education for long-term care staff

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dc.contributor.authorGhandehari, Omeed, O
dc.contributor.authorHadjistavropoulos, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Jaime
dc.contributor.authorThorpe, Lilian
dc.contributor.authorAlfano, Dennis, P.
dc.contributor.authorDal Bello-Haas, Vanina
dc.contributor.authorMalloy, David, C.
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Ronald, R.
dc.contributor.authorRahaman, Omar
dc.contributor.authorZwakhale, Sandra, M.G.
dc.contributor.authorCarleton, R. Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorHunter, Paulette, V.
dc.contributor.authorLix, Lisa, M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-23T17:27:43Z
dc.date.available2023-03-23T17:27:43Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionCopyright © 2013 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe underassessment and undertreatment of pain in residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities has been well documented. Gaps in staff knowledge and inaccurate beliefs have been identified as contributors.OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effectiveness of an expert-based continuing education program in pain assessment/management for LTC staff.METHODS: Participants included 131 LTC staff members who were randomly assigned to either an interactive pain education (PE) program, which addressed gaps in knowledge such as medication management, or an interactive control program consisting of general dementia education without a specific clinical focus. Participants attended three sessions, each lasting 3 h, and completed measures of pain-related knowledge and attitudes/beliefs before, immediately after and two weeks following the program. Focus groups were conducted with a subset of participants to gauge perception of the training program and barriers to implementing pain-related strategies.RESULTS: Analysis using ANOVA revealed that PE participants demonstrated larger gains compared with control participants with regard to pain knowledge and pain beliefs. Barriers to implementing pain-related strategies certainly exist. Nonetheless, qualitative analyses demonstrated that PE participants reported that they overcame many of these barriers and used pain management strategies four times more frequently than control participants.CONCLUSIONS: Contrary to previous research, the present study found that the interactive PE program was effective in changing pain beliefs and improving knowledge. Continuing PE in LTC has the potential to address knowledge gaps among front-line LTC providers.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusFacultyen_US
dc.description.peerreviewyesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported through funding from a Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation team grant. Omeed Ghandehari was supported through funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGhandehari, O. O., Hadjistavropoulos, T., Williams, J., Thorpe, L., Alfano, D. P., Haas, V. D. B., Malloy, D. C., Martin, R., Rahaman, O., Zwakhalen, S. M. G., Carleton, R. N., Hunter, P. V., & Lix, L. M. (2013). A controlled investigation of continuing pain education for long-term care staff. Pain Research and Management, 18, 11-18. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/395481en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1155/2013/395481
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/15846
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHindawien_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectDementiaen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectLong-term careen_US
dc.subjectNursing homeen_US
dc.titleA controlled investigation of continuing pain education for long-term care staffen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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