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 ResearchConceptsUrgent 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
Adapting to disruption of research during the COVID-19 pandemic while testing nonpharmacological approaches to pain management
Coleman BC, Kean J, Brandt CA, Peduzzi P, Kerns RD, . Adapting to disruption of research during the COVID-19 pandemic while testing nonpharmacological approaches to pain management. Translational Behavioral Medicine 2020, 10: 827-834. PMID: 32885815, PMCID: PMC7499692, DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibaa074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBetacoronavirusChronic PainCommunicable Disease ControlCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansMental HealthNational Institutes of Health (U.S.)Pain ManagementPandemicsPatient SelectionPneumonia, ViralResearchSARS-CoV-2Socioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsPain Management CollaboratoryPragmatic clinical trialsChronic painCOVID-19 pandemicUrgent public health challengePain management interventionsClinical care teamPatient-reported measuresPublic health challengeVeterans Health SystemCOVID-19Pain managementNonpharmacological approachesStudy protocolClinical trialsCare teamIntervention deliveryHealth departmentsHealth outcomesHealth challengesHealth systemStudy designMental healthDisruption of researchParticipant recruitmentBrief 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
2014
Effect of variability in the 7-day baseline pain diary on the assay sensitivity of neuropathic pain randomized clinical trials: An ACTTION study
Farrar JT, Troxel AB, Haynes K, Gilron I, Kerns RD, Katz NP, Rappaport BA, Rowbotham MC, Tierney AM, Turk DC, Dworkin RH. Effect of variability in the 7-day baseline pain diary on the assay sensitivity of neuropathic pain randomized clinical trials: An ACTTION study. Pain 2014, 155: 1622-1631. PMID: 24831421, DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiabetic peripheral neuropathyLikelihood of responseClinical trialsPostherpetic neuralgiaPainful diabetic peripheral neuropathyAddiction Clinical Trial TranslationsNetworks (ACTTION) public-private partnershipBaseline pain levelsPlacebo-treated groupRandomized clinical trialsAnalgesic clinical trialsPatient-level dataClinical trial dataExploratory logistic regressionAvailable baseline factorsNeuropathic painPain diaryPain levelsBaseline factorsPain therapyPeripheral neuropathyPatient sexPatients' baselinePain ratingsStudy protocol