Status:
COMPLETED
Reducing the Transition From Acute to Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Among Older Adults
Lead Sponsor:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Duke University
Conditions:
Acute Musculoskeletal Pain
Chronic Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
50+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators have developed a three component intervention to support shared decision-making during the early recovery phase for older adults who present to the emergency department (ED) or ortho...
Detailed Description
Participants will be assigned to one of the three treatment arms using 1:1:1 randomization, stratified by access to a primary care provider, using randomly permuted blocks with random block sizes. (Pr...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 50 years and older
- Present to UNC ED patient with primary complaint of acute musculoskeletal pain
- Average pain score \>/= 4 on 0-10 scale
- Expected discharge from the ED
Exclusion
- patient does not speak English
- primary pain located in the head, chest, or abdomen
- pain due to ischemia, infection, or some other cause not due to MSP (blood clot, kidney stone, etc.)
- primary pain due to self-injury
- patient is critically ill determined by an acuity score of 1 in the tracking board
- diagnosis of somatoform disorder, schizophrenia, dementia, or bipolar disorder
- patient is a prisoner or in police custody
- self-reported daily opioid use for more than 2 weeks
- resides in a nursing home or is homeless
- at-risk alcohol use
- speech, hearing, vision problems
- cognitively impaired (6-item Brief Screener)
- nonworking phone number (follow-up occurs via phone calls)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 3 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 22 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
330 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04118595
Start Date
February 3 2020
End Date
June 22 2023
Last Update
November 21 2023
Active Locations (1)
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University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599