Clinical trial NCT02190240: Effect of Complementary and Alternative Medicine on Pain Among Inpatients
Official title: Effect of Complementary and Alternative Medicine on Pain Among Inpatients
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Pain
Keywords: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Integrative Medicine
Pain Management
Lead sponsor: Allina Health System
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
First posted: 2014-07-15
Enrollment: 4422
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Abbott Northwestern Hospital Inpatients

Brief summary: The proposed study has 3 aims: 1) quantitatively describe a model for delivering complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies to understand the selection of patients and CAM therapies used for pain management, 2) examine the effects of selected CAM therapies on immediate change in pain, and 3) examine the effects of selected CAM therapies on duration of pain change.

Positive results from this study will assist hospitals in the integration of usual care and CAM therapy for pain reduction. Findings may also drive future research on the cost effectiveness of these therapies for pain management, as well as the impact on patient outcomes such as length of stay and use of narcotics.


Eligibility criteria: Aims 1 and 2 Inclusion Criteria:

* Admission to Abbott Northwestern Hospital
* Consent to release of electronic health record for research purposes
* 18 years of age or older
* Length of stay greater than 24 hours

Aims 1 and 2 Exclusion Criteria:

* None

Aim 3 Inclusion Criteria:

* Admission to Abbott Northwestern Hospital
* Length of stay greater than 24 hours
* 18 years of age or older
* Consent to release of electronic health record for research purposes
* Received CAM therapy in current hospitalization
* Pain level of 1 or greater at the pre-treatment assessment by practitioner
* English-speaking
* Integrative medicine therapy ended between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm

Aim 3 Exclusion Criteria:

* Refuses consent
* Unable to provide consent due to competency concerns
* Has declined study participation 3 times during current hospitalization
* Has hard declined during current hospitalization
* Has been approached 6 times during current hospitalization
* Has been approached to consent earlier that day

Primary outcomes:
measure: Model of delivering CAM therapies
timeFrame: Up to 4 years
measure: Effects of selected CAM therapies on immediate change in pain
timeFrame: CAM Visit (30-45 minutes)
measure: Effects of selected CAM therapies on duration of pain change.
timeFrame: 5 hours
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Minneapolis
country: United States
facility: Abbott Northwestern Hospital
state: Minnesota
Study officials:
affiliation: Allina Health
name: Jeffery Dusek, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Dusek JA, Rivard RL, Griffin KH, Finch MD. Significant Pain Reduction in Hospitalized Patients Receiving Integrative Medicine Interventions by Clinical Population and Accounting for Pain Medication. J Altern Complement Med. 2021 Mar;27(S1):S28-S36. doi: 10.1089/acm.2021.0051.