%0 Journal Article
%T Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a Pain Management Manual for Hospice Providers to Support and Educate Family Caregivers
%A Amy Walker
%A Debra Parker Oliver
%A Emelia Barani
%A Frances Marcus Lewis
%A George Demiris
%A Karla T. Washington
%A Nai-Ching Chi
%A Soojeong Han
%J American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine£¿
%@ 1938-2715
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1049909118804984
%X Family caregivers encounter many barriers to managing patients¡¯ pain in the home hospice setting. However, there are limited clinically applicable resources for hospice providers to help family caregivers identify and address these barriers. To develop a pain management manual for hospice providers to support family caregivers and conduct a preliminary providers¡¯ evaluation of the manual. A pain management manual was developed and structured into 3 parts: (1) 5 common pain management case scenarios based on a secondary data analysis of a hospice clinical trial; (2) a list of suggested assessment questions and strategies for each case scenario was developed based on a caregiver framework; and (3) pain educational material was included from established clinical guidelines. The manual was vetted by 5 experts and then was evaluated by interviewing 25 hospice providers. Interview data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The hospice providers found that the manual could potentially serve as a reference in their practice and be a source for their continuing education. They suggested enhancing the clarity of the case scenarios and adding additional strategies to the manual. Moreover, they suggested expanding the paper-based version and developing a web-based platform to deliver the content would maximize its utility. The manual has the potential to be integrated into routine hospice care to improve the quality of pain management
%K pain management
%K caregivers
%K family caregivers
%K education
%K hospice care
%K palliative care
%K end-of-life care
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1049909118804984