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Evaluating the Efficacy of the Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit

The Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit: A Training Program to Support Family Caregivers of Persons With ADRD

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
21 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests the Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit (PICT) for caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias. It teaches caregivers how to spot signs of pain and talk about pain with others.

This study will evaluate the Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit (PICT), a multicomponent intervention for caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). PICT provides training in observational pain assessment and coaching in effective pain communication techniques. It will recruit participants from programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) and partnering health care clinics. The investigators hypothesize that PICT will help caregivers to recognize and communicate about pain in their care recipients.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Caregivers: Age 21 or older, of any gender, and speak English.
  • Caregivers: Have no major memory or thinking problems, based on a screening test.
  • Caregivers: Care for an adult who lives in the community, has dementia or thinking problems, and has a diagnosed pain condition.
  • Caregivers: Visit the person at least once a week and can be reached by phone.
  • Caregivers: The person they care for is not in hospice, which is end-of-life care.
  • Patients: Live in the community and have a record of dementia or thinking problems and a diagnosed pain condition.
  • Patients: Respond to what is happening around them.
  • Patients: Are not expected to live less than 6 months due to a terminal illness and are not receiving cancer treatment.

Who can't join

  • Caregivers: Are paid to provide care, are age 20 or younger, or do not speak English.
  • Caregivers: Have memory or thinking problems.
  • Caregivers: Do not care for someone who has both dementia or thinking problems and a diagnosed pain condition.
  • Caregivers: Are in hospice themselves, or care for someone in hospice.
  • Caregivers: Visit less than once a week or cannot be reached by phone.
  • Patients: Live in a care facility, such as a nursing home or assisted living, or are in hospice.
  • Patients: Do not have dementia or thinking problems, or do not respond to what is happening around them.
  • Patients: Have a terminal illness with an expected lifespan under 6 months, or are receiving cancer treatment.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

CAREGIVER PARTICIPANTS Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 21 or older 2. Any gender 3. English speaking 4. Cognitively intact (BOMC ≤10) 5. Provides care to a community-dwelling adult with dementia or cognitive impairment who also has a pain diagnosis 6. Care recipient is not enrolled in hospice 7. Visits the care recipient at least weekly 8. Accessible by telephone Exclusion Criteria: 1. Paid caregiver 2. Age 20 or younger 3. Non-English speaking 4. Cognitively impaired 5. Does not provide care to a person with dementia or cognitive impairment who also has a pain diagnosis 6. Currently enrolled in hospice 7. The patient to whom the caregiver provides assistance is enrolled in hospice 8. Visits care recipient less than weekly 9. Not accessible by telephone. PATIENT PARTICIPANTS Inclusion Criteria: 1. Residing in community settings 2. Record of dementia or cognitive impairment 3. Diagnosis of pain 4. Responsive to environment 5. No terminal illness with life expectancy \<6 months 6. Not in active cancer treatment Exclusion Criteria: 1. Lives in a residential facility (such as a nursing home or assisted living) 2. Enrolled in hospice 3. No dementia or cognitive impairment 4. Unresponsive to environment 5. Has terminal illness with life expectancy \<6 months 6. Are in active cancer treatment

Study sites (1)

NY