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Help Veterans Experience Less Pain Study (HELP-Vets)

This study has been completed.

Sponsor:

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Department of Veterans Affairs

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00230932

First received: September 29, 2005

Last updated: April 18, 2013

Last verified: November 2008

History of Changes

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Study Status:	This study has been completed.
Study Completion Date:	September 2008
Primary Completion Date:	June 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Publications:

Malin JL, O'Neill SM, Asch SM, Dy SM, Walling AM, Tisnado D, Antonio AL, Lorenz KA. Quality of supportive care for patients with advanced cancer in a VA medical center. J Palliat Med. 2011 May;14(5):573-7. Epub 2011 Mar 17.

Riopelle D, Wagner GJ, Steckart J, Lorenz KA, Rosenfeld KE. Evaluating a palliative care intervention for veterans: challenges and lessons learned in a longitudinal study of patients with serious illness. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Jun;41(6):1003-14. Epub 2011 Mar 12.

Dy SM, Asch SM, Lorenz KA, Weeks K, Sharma RK, Wolff AC, Malin JL. Quality of end-of-life care for patients with advanced cancer in an academic medical center. J Palliat Med. 2011 Apr;14(4):451-7. Epub 2011 Mar 10.

Lorenz KA, Shugarman LR, Lynn J. Health care policy issues in end-of-life care. J Palliat Med. 2006 Jun;9(3):731-48. No abstract available.

Sherbourne CD, Asch SM, Shugarman LR, Goebel JR, Lanto AB, Rubenstein LV, Wen L, Zubkoff L, Lorenz KA. Early identification of co-occurring pain, depression and anxiety. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 May;24(5):620-5. Epub 2009 Mar 24.

Goebel JR, Doering LV, Evangelista LS, Nyamathi AM, Maliski SL, Asch SM, Sherbourne CD, Shugarman LR, Lanto AB, Cohen A, Lorenz KA. A comparative study of pain in heart failure and non-heart failure veterans. J Card Fail. 2009 Feb;15(1):24-30. Epub 2008 Nov 13.

Cadogan MP, Edelen MO, Lorenz KA, Jones M, Yosef J, Hascall T, Simon B, Harker JO, Ferrell B, Saliba D. The relationship of reported pain severity to perceived effect on function of nursing home residents. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2008 Sep;63(9):969-73.

Walling AM, Asch SM, Lorenz KA, Roth CP, Barry T, Kahn KL, Wenger NS. The quality of care provided to hospitalized patients at the end of life. Arch Intern Med. 2010 Jun 28;170(12):1057-63.

Zubkoff L, Lorenz KA, Lanto AB, Sherbourne CD, Goebel JR, Glassman PA, Shugarman LR, Meredith LS, Asch SM. Does screening for pain correspond to high quality care for veterans? J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Sep;25(9):900-5. Epub 2010 Mar 14.

Goebel JR, Sherbourne CD, Asch SM, Meredith L, Cohen AB, Hagenmaier E, Lanto AB, Simon B, Rubenstein LV, Shugarman LR, Lorenz KA. Addressing patients' concerns about pain management and addiction risks. Pain Manag Nurs. 2010 Jun;11(2):92-8. Epub 2009 Sep 12.

Shugarman LR, Goebel JR, Lanto A, Asch SM, Sherbourne CD, Lee ML, Rubenstein LV, Wen L, Meredith L, Lorenz KA. Nursing staff, patient, and environmental factors associated with accurate pain assessment. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010 Nov;40(5):723-33. Epub 2010 Aug 8.

Stone SC, Mohanty SA, Gruzden C, Lorenz KA, Asch SM. Emergency department research in palliative care: challenges in recruitment. J Palliat Med. 2009 Oct;12(10):867-8. No abstract available.

Grudzen CR, Timmermans S, Koenig WJ, Torres JM, Hoffman JR, Lorenz KA, Asch SM. Paramedic and emergency medical technicians views on opportunities and challenges when forgoing and halting resuscitation in the field. Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Jun;16(6):532-8. Epub 2009 May 11.

Goebel JR, Doering LV, Shugarman LR, Asch SM, Sherbourne CD, Lanto AB, Evangelista LS, Nyamathi AM, Maliski SL, Lorenz KA. Heart failure: the hidden problem of pain. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Nov;38(5):698-707. Epub 2009 Sep 3.

Lorenz KA, Sherbourne CD, Shugarman LR, Rubenstein LV, Wen L, Cohen A, Goebel JR, Hagenmeier E, Simon B, Lanto A, Asch SM. How reliable is pain as the fifth vital sign? J Am Board Fam Med. 2009 May-Jun;22(3):291-8.

Lorenz KA, Krebs EE, Bentley TG, Sherbourne CD, Goebel JR, Zubkoff L, Lanto AB, Asch SM. Exploring alternative approaches to routine outpatient pain screening. Pain Med. 2009 Oct;10(7):1291-9.

Grudzen CR, Koenig WJ, Hoffman JR, Boscardin WJ, Lorenz KA, Asch SM. Potential impact of a verbal prehospital DNR policy. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2009 Apr-Jun;13(2):169-72.

Seow H, Snyder CF, Mularski RA, Shugarman LR, Kutner JS, Lorenz KA, Wu AW, Dy SM. A framework for assessing quality indicators for cancer care at the end of life. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Dec;38(6):903-12.