title: The cancer pain practice index: a measure of evidence-based practice adherence for cancer pain management in older adults in hospice care.
abstract: Various clinical practice guidelines addressing pain assessment and management have been available for several years that pertain, at least to some extent, to older patients with cancer. Nonetheless, systematic evaluations or methodologically sound studies of adherence to pain management practice guidelines within Medicare-certified hospice programs are lacking. As part of a larger translating-research-into-practice pain improvement study involving older patients with cancer in hospice programs, we recognized the need to create a valid and reliable tool that can facilitate critical evaluation of hospice medical records for nurse and physician adherence to pain management guidelines to create a consolidated score for comparative and quality improvement purposes. We report the process used to create this tool, named the Cancer Pain Practice Index, and a guide to its use.
authors.affiliation: Pain Research Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Perry
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fine
authors.forename: Keela
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Herr
authors.forename: Marita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Titler
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cavanaugh
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swegle
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Forcucci
authors.forename: Xiongwen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Jimmy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reyes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States
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