Journal article
The Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Pain Protocol in Long Term Care
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness of (1) dissemination strategies to improve clinical practice behaviors (eg, frequency and documentation of pain assessments, use of pain medication) among health care team members, and (2) the implementation of the pain protocol in reducing pain in long term care (LTC) residents.
DESIGN: A controlled before-after design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the pain protocol, whereas qualitative …
Authors
Kaasalainen S; Brazil K; Akhtar-Danesh N; Coker E; Ploeg J; Donald F; Martin-Misener R; DiCenso A; Hadjistavropoulos T; Dolovich L
Journal
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Vol. 13, No. 7, pp. 664.e1–664.e8
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2012
DOI
10.1016/j.jamda.2012.05.013
ISSN
1525-8610