Study protocol: development and pilot testing of the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool for families (CPOT-Fam)

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dc.contributor.authorShahid, Anmol
dc.contributor.authorOwen, Victoria S.
dc.contributor.authorSept, Bonnie G.
dc.contributor.authorLongmore, Shelly
dc.contributor.authorSoo, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorBrundin-Mather, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorKrewulak, Karla D.
dc.contributor.authorMoss, Stephana J.
dc.contributor.authorPlotnikoff, Kara M.
dc.contributor.authorGélinas, Céline
dc.contributor.authorFiest, Kirsten M.
dc.contributor.authorStelfox, Henry T.
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-17T00:03:36Z
dc.date.available2022-07-17T00:03:36Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-16
dc.date.updated2022-07-17T00:03:36Z
dc.description.abstractAbstract Background Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) often have limited ability to communicate making it more difficult to identify and effectively treat their pain. Family caregivers or close friends of critically ill patients may be able to identify signs of pain before the clinical care team and could potentially assist in routine pain assessments. This study will adapt the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) for use by family members to create the CPOT-Fam and compare family CPOT-Fam assessments with nurse-provided CPOT assessments for a given patient. Methods This study will be executed in two phases: 1) Development of the CPOT-Fam — A working group of patient partners, ICU clinicians, and researchers will adapt the CPOT for use by family caregivers (creating the CPOT-Fam) and produce an accompanying educational module to deliver information on pain and how to use the tool. The CPOT-Fam will undergo preclinical testing with participants (i.e., members of the public and family caregivers of critically ill adults), who will complete the educational module and provide CPOT-Fam scores on sample cases. Feedback on the CPOT-Fam will be collected. 2) Pilot testing the CPOT — Fam family caregivers of critically ill adults will complete the educational module and provide information on the following: (1) demographics, (2) anxiety, (3) caregiving self-efficacy, and (4) satisfaction with care in the ICU. Family caregivers will then provide a proxy assessment of their critically ill loved one’s pain through the CPOT-Fam and also provide a subjective (i.e., questionnaire-based including open-ended responses) account of their loved one’s pain status. A comparison (i.e., agreement) will be made between family caregiver provided CPOT-Fam scores and ICU nurse-provided CPOT scores (collected from the provincial health information system), calculated independently and blinded to one another. Feasibility and acceptability of the CPOT-Fam will be determined. Discussion The results of this work will produce a family caregiver CPOT (i.e., CPOT-Fam), determine feasibility and acceptability of the CPOT-Fam, and compare pain assessments conducted by family caregivers and ICU nurses. The results will inform whether a larger study to determine a role for family caregivers in ICU pain assessment using the CPOT-Fam is warranted.
dc.identifier.citationPilot and Feasibility Studies. 2022 Jul 16;8(1):147
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-022-01102-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/114851
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/45620
dc.language.rfc3066en
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dc.titleStudy protocol: development and pilot testing of the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool for families (CPOT-Fam)
dc.typeJournal Article
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