Harassment of Pain Clinic Staff by Patients

May 11, 2024 updated by: Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic

Harassment of Pain Clinic Staff by Chronic Pain Patients

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

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.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

1102

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • British Columbia
      • Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, V3S 7J1
        • Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Adult chronic pain patients who are undergoing treatment in a specialist pain clinic

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • adult chronic pain patients

Exclusion Criteria:

  • pediatric chronic pain patients

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Adult chronic pain patients
Adult chronic pain patients who harass pain clinic staff
Behavioral: Behavioral therapy
Behavioral and supportive therapy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percentage of patients who harassed clinic staff
Time Frame: 12 months
Percentage of patients who harassed clinic staff
12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Olu Bamgbade, MD,FRCPC, Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 2, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 11, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 16, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

May 25, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 14, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 11, 2024

Last Verified

May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SalemAne2022 Harass By Patient

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Patient Violence

Clinical Trials on Behavioral therapy

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Colombia

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

Subscribe