Harassment of Pain Clinic Staff by Patients

NCT ID: NCT05876104

Last Updated: 2024-05-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

1102 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-01-02

Study Completion Date

2023-12-31

Brief Summary

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Chronic pain is associated with psychological disorders, and many patients have behavioral problems. Some patients harass pain services staff. Most healthcare staff do not report harassment by patients.

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of prospective electronic and clinic diary data. Evaluation of incidents of clinic staff harassment; caused by patients and patients' family. Analysis of causative factors, incident outcome and lessons learned.

Detailed Description

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Chronic pain is associated with psychological and mental health disorders. Many patients have personality and behavioral disorders. Some patients harass their pain care providers. Most healthcare staff do not report harassment by patients.

This is a quantitative and qualitative analysis of prospective electronic and clinic diary data. It is an evaluation of incidents of pain clinic staff harassment; caused by patients and patients' family. This is an analysis of incident causative factors, incident outcome and lessons learned. The qualitative information of each incident is presented in a sensitive and careful format.

Conditions

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Patient Violence

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Adult chronic pain patients

Adult chronic pain patients who harass pain clinic staff

Behavioral therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral and supportive therapy

Interventions

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Behavioral therapy

Behavioral and supportive therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* adult chronic pain patients

Exclusion Criteria

* pediatric chronic pain patients
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

99 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Olu Bamgbade, MD,FRCPC

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic

Locations

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Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

References

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David K, Anuj D, Nabil S. Violence toward chronic pain care providers: A national survey. Pain Med. 2015 Oct;16(10):1882-96. doi: 10.1111/pme.12794. Epub 2015 Jun 2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26037534 (View on PubMed)

Bamgbade OA, Tai-Osagbemi J, Bamgbade DO, Murphy-Akpieyi O, Fadire A, Soni NK, Mumporeze L. Clonidine is better than zopiclone for insomnia treatment in chronic pain patients. J Clin Sleep Med. 2022 Jun 1;18(6):1565-1571. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.9930.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 35112665 (View on PubMed)

Bamgbade OA, Onongaya V, Anomneze-Collins A, Omoniyi DA, Simmonds-Brooks P, Richards RN. Delayed surgical diagnosis and treatment of severe sickle cell arthropathy: The need to raise clinicians' awareness. J Taibah Univ Med Sci. 2021 May 31;16(5):683-688. doi: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2021.04.007. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34690647 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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https://brieflands.com/articles/aapm-144263

Pain Management and Sociology Implications: The Sociomedical Problem of Pain Clinic Staff Harassment Caused by Chronic Pain Patients

Other Identifiers

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SalemAne2022 Harass By Patient

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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