Discrimination Harassment of Pain Staff Caused by Patient
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Behavioral therapy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Abuse, Sexual, Abuse, Workplace. 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
Discrimination and Harassment of Pain Clinic Staff Caused by Patients
Overview
Chronic pain is associated with mental disorders, and some patients have behavioral issues. Some patients may sexually or racially harass pain clinic staff. Healthcare staff do not usually report sexual or racial harassment perpetrated by patients. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of prospective electronic and clinic diary data. Evaluation of incidents of sexual and racial harassment of clinic staff; perpetrated by patients. Analysis of causative factors, incident outcome, system factors and lessons learned.
Detailed description
Chronic pain disorder may be associated with mental health disease. Many patients exhibit behavioral problems. Some of the patients may sexually or racially harass the pain clinic staff. Typically, healthcare providers do not report racial or sexual harassment perpetrated by patients.
This is a quantitative analysis of prospective electronic and clinic diary data. It evaluates many incidents of sexual and racial harassment of pain clinic staff; perpetrated by patients. It analyzes the incident causative factors, incident outcomes, system factors and lessons learned. The qualitative information of each incident is presented in a sensitive and careful format.
Interventions
- Behavioral Behavioral therapy
Behavioral and supportive therapy
Primary outcome measures
- Percentage of patients who sexually or racially 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
- Adler M, Vincent-Hoper S, Vaupel C, Gregersen S, Schablon A, Nienhaus A. Sexual Harassment by Patients, Clients, and Residents: Investigating Its Prevalence, Frequency and Associations with Impaired Well-Being among Social and Healthcare Workers in Germany. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 13;18(10):5198. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105198. PMID 34068346
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05945719 · Salem2020 Discrimination By Pt