2022
Brief Educational Video plus Telecare to Enhance Recovery for Older Emergency Department Patients with Acute Musculoskeletal Pain: an update to the study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Hurka-Richardson K, Platts-Mills TF, McLean SA, Weinberger M, Stearns SC, Bush M, Quackenbush E, Chari S, Aylward A, Kroenke K, Kerns RD, Weaver MA, Keefe FJ, Berkoff D, Meyer ML. Brief Educational Video plus Telecare to Enhance Recovery for Older Emergency Department Patients with Acute Musculoskeletal Pain: an update to the study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2022, 23: 400. PMID: 35550175, PMCID: PMC9096747, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06310-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute PainCOVID-19Emergency Service, HospitalHumansMusculoskeletal PainPandemicsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSARS-CoV-2Treatment OutcomeConceptsUrgent care clinicMusculoskeletal painCare clinicsOlder emergency department (ED) patientsAcute care visitsAcute musculoskeletal painEmergency department patientsWeeks of enrollmentCOVID-19 pandemicBrief educational videoCare visitsOpioid useDepartment patientsChronic painEmergency departmentStudy protocolFavorable outcomeInclusion criteriaRecruitment sitesEligibility criteriaMedical treatmentBETTER trialRemote recruitmentPainParticipant enrollment
2020
Brief educational video plus telecare to enhance recovery for older emergency department patients with acute musculoskeletal pain: study protocol for the BETTER randomized controlled trial
Platts-Mills TF, McLean SA, Weinberger M, Stearns SC, Bush M, Teresi BB, Hurka-Richardson K, Kroenke K, Kerns RD, Weaver MA, Keefe FJ. Brief educational video plus telecare to enhance recovery for older emergency department patients with acute musculoskeletal pain: study protocol for the BETTER randomized controlled trial. Trials 2020, 21: 615. PMID: 32631400, PMCID: PMC7336469, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-020-04552-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic musculoskeletal painMusculoskeletal painEmergency departmentUsual careOpioid useChronic painOlder adultsAnalgesic-related side effectsLong-term opioid useOlder emergency department (ED) patientsAcute musculoskeletal painEmergency department patientsCause of disabilityPublic health priorityBrief educational videoDiscussionThis trialPain severitySecondary outcomesSixty patientsDepartment patientsPrimary outcomeHealthcare utilizationStudy enrollmentPhysical functionStudy protocol