Psychological Medicine Research

Does the institutionalisation of pain assessment using the EPAT package reduce pain in cancer unit inpatients more than usual care: A cluster randomised trial.

Principal Investigator: Professor Marie Fallon

EPAT Trial (Edinburgh pain assessment tool) - a UK wide cluster randomised trial of the institutionalised management of a pain assessment tool funded by Cancer Research UK

This study will find out if teaching cancer nurses to assess pain more systematically will improve pain relief in hospital inpatients with cancer.

Funding:

CRUK