Pain Clinic Staff Harassed by Patients Pre/Post COVID
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Behavioral therapy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Patient Violence. Basic parameters: 20 years — 99 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Canada
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Pain Clinic Staff Harassment Caused by Patients Pre/Post COVID Pandemic
Overview
Chronic pain may cause psychological or behavioral problems. Chronic pain patients occasionally harass the pain care providers. The COVID-19 pandemic caused major stress for the general population. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of prospective electronic and clinic diary data. Evaluation of incidents of clinic staff harassment; caused by patients, before and during COVID pandemic. Analysis of causative factors, incident outcome and lessons learned.
Detailed description
Chronic pain may be complicated by mental disease. Some patients have behavioral disorders and occasionally harass the pain care providers. The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant stress for the general population. The stress of the pandemic may aggravate the psychological dysfunction in chronic pain 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, before and during the COVID pandemic. This is an analysis of incident causative factors, incident outcomes, systemic factors and lessons learned. The qualitative information of each incident is presented in a sensitive and careful format.
Interventions
- Behavioral Behavioral therapy
Behavioral therapy and psychotherapy
Primary outcome measures
- Percentage of patients who harassed clinic staff [Time frame: 12 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- adult chronic pain patients
Exclusion criteria
- pediatric chronic pain patients
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Canada · 1 center
- Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic — Surrey
Publications
- Caruso R, Toffanin T, Folesani F, Biancosino B, Romagnolo F, Riba MB, McFarland D, Palagini L, Belvederi Murri M, Zerbinati L, Grassi L. Violence Against Physicians in the Workplace: Trends, Causes, Consequences, and Strategies for Intervention. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2022 Dec;24(12):911-924. doi: 10.1007/s11920-022-01398-1. Epub 2022 Nov 29. PMID 36445636
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05938101 · Salem2021 Harass PrePst COVID