The e-PainSupport digital application for assessing pain and pain management in home hospice: A randomized controlled trial

The e-PainSupport digital application for assessing pain and pain management in home hospice: A randomized controlled trial
Western Journal of Nursing Research; by Masako Mayahara, JoEllen Wilbur, Louis Fogg, Mary Clare Houlihan, Debra Parker Oliver, Jacquelyn J Benson, Arlene M Miller; 6/25
Poor patient pain management in home hospice is associated with low family caregiver adherence to analgesic regimens. Health care technology can improve caregiver access to education and communication to hospice nurses... The e-PainSupport intervention produced a small positive effect on reducing pain intensity (d = 0.27) and statistically significant increase in adherence (P = .003), compared with usual care... Caregiver use of the e-PainSupport app is feasible and may contribute to decreasing hospice patient pain.