The ACTIVE Intervention to Improve Hospice Care

NCT ID: NCT01211340

Last Updated: 2021-02-04

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

446 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-09-30

Study Completion Date

2015-07-31

Brief Summary

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The ACTIVE Intervention to Improve Hospice Caregiver Pain Management The major goal of this project is to implement and test this promising intervention in three hospice programs. The mixed methods evaluation of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) will provide evidence-based data for a tested intervention manual that hospice staff members can use to integrate the intervention into their practices.

Detailed Description

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The ACTIVE Intervention to Improve Hospice Caregiver Pain Management The major goal of this project is to implement and test this promising intervention in three hospice programs. The mixed methods evaluation of this RCT will provide evidence-based data for a tested intervention manual that hospice staff members can use to integrate the intervention into their practices. We will rigorously test the effectiveness of the ACTIVE intervention. We will investigate whether the assessment of the informal caregivers perception of pain management will identify those who will benefit most and whether changes in the perceptions of informal caregivers will result in improvement of patient pain. We will explore barriers and challenges in the implementation of this into every day practice within hospice

Conditions

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Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Usual Care

Usual hospice care- there is no intervention in this arm

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

ACTIVE

Behavioral intervention using web conferencing

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ACTIVE

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Assessing Caregivers for Team Intervention via Video Encounters: this intervention uses video technology to bridge geographic distance to empower hospice caregivers to participate in plan of care meetings for their patient

Interventions

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ACTIVE

Assessing Caregivers for Team Intervention via Video Encounters: this intervention uses video technology to bridge geographic distance to empower hospice caregivers to participate in plan of care meetings for their patient

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Informal caregiver of an enrolled hospice patient
2. Age 18 or over and legally able to provide informed consent
3. Involved in decisions related to pain medications
4. Access to at least one of the below:

1. A standard land line telephone
2. A high-speed Internet connection with operational computer
5. Without functional hearing loss or with a hearing aid that allows the participant to conduct phone or Internet conversations as assessed by the research staff (by questioning and observation

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Exclusion Criteria

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Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Washington University School of Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Debra Parker Oliver

Principle Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Debra Parker Oliver, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Missouri-Columbia

Locations

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Hospice Compassus

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Hands of Hope Hospice

Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Kruse RL, Parker Oliver D, Wittenberg-Lyles E, Demiris G. Conducting the ACTIVE randomized trial in hospice care: keys to success. Clin Trials. 2013 Feb;10(1):160-9. doi: 10.1177/1740774512461858. Epub 2012 Oct 25.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23104974 (View on PubMed)

Parker Oliver D, Demiris G, Washington K, Kruse RL, Petroski G. Hospice Family Caregiver Involvement in Care Plan Meetings: A Mixed-Methods Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2017 Nov;34(9):849-859. doi: 10.1177/1049909116661816. Epub 2016 Jul 27.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 27465403 (View on PubMed)

Washington KT, Demiris G, Pike KC, Kruse RL, Oliver DP. Anxiety among informal hospice caregivers: an exploratory study. Palliat Support Care. 2015 Jun;13(3):567-73. doi: 10.1017/S1478951513001193. Epub 2014 Feb 13.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24524662 (View on PubMed)

Parker Oliver D, Albright DL, Washington K, Wittenberg-Lyles E, Gage A, Mooney M, Demiris G. Hospice caregiver depression: the evidence surrounding the greatest pain of all. J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2013;9(4):256-71. doi: 10.1080/15524256.2013.846891.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24295096 (View on PubMed)

Albright DL, Kruse RL, Oliver DP, Washington K, Cagle J, Demiris G. Testing the factorial validity of scores from the caregiver pain medicine questionnaire. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Jul;48(1):99-109. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.08.014. Epub 2013 Nov 15.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24246789 (View on PubMed)

Wittenberg-Lyles E, Goldsmith J, Oliver DP, Demiris G, Kruse RL, Van Stee S. Using medical words with family caregivers. J Palliat Med. 2013 Sep;16(9):1135-9. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0041. Epub 2013 Aug 12.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23937064 (View on PubMed)

Demiris G, Parker Oliver D, Capurro D, Wittenberg-Lyles E. Implementation science: implications for intervention research in hospice and palliative care. Gerontologist. 2014 Apr;54(2):163-71. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnt022. Epub 2013 Apr 4.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23558847 (View on PubMed)

Wittenberg-Lyles E, Goldsmith J, Oliver DP, Demiris G, Kruse RL, Van Stee S. Exploring oral literacy in communication with hospice caregivers. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2013 Nov;46(5):731-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.11.006. Epub 2013 Mar 21.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23522518 (View on PubMed)

Baldwin PK, Wittenberg-Lyles E, Kruse RL, Demiris G, Parker Oliver D. Pain management and the African American hospice caregiver: a case report. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2013 Dec;30(8):795-8. doi: 10.1177/1049909112469274. Epub 2012 Dec 10. No abstract available.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23233538 (View on PubMed)

Washington KT, Wittenberg-Lyles E, Parker Oliver D, Demiris G, Shaunfield S, Crumb E. Application of the VALUE communication principles in ACTIVE hospice team meetings. J Palliat Med. 2013 Jan;16(1):60-6. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0229. Epub 2012 Oct 4.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23036014 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1160518

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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