PMID- 36514328 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20221221 IS - 2398-8835 (Electronic) IS - 2398-8835 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 1 DP - 2023 Jan TI - Development and preclinical testing of the critical care pain observation tool for family caregiver use (CPOT-Fam). PG - e986 LID - 10.1002/hsr2.986 [doi] LID - e986 AB - BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Pain assessment in noncommunicative intensive care unit (ICU) patients is challenging. For these patients, family caregivers (i.e., family members, friends) may be able to assist in pain assessment by identifying individualistic signs of pain due to their intimate patient knowledge. This study adapted the critical care pain observation tool (CPOT) to facilitate pain assessment in adult ICU patients by family caregivers. METHODS: This study was conducted through three distinct phases: (1)CPOT adaptation for family caregiver use (to create the CPOT-Fam): A working group met monthly to adapt the CPOT and develop educational material and sample cases for practice scoring until consensus was reached.(2)CPOT-Fam preclinical testing: Family caregiver study participants viewed educational materials and scored four randomly selected sample cases using the CPOT-Fam. Scores were compared to reference scores to assess agreement and identify CPOT-Fam sections requiring revision. Open-ended feedback on the CPOT-Fam was collected.(3)CPOT-Fam revision: the CPOT-Fam was revised by the working group considering score agreement and feedback received from study participants. RESULTS: Of the n = 30 participants, n = 14 (47.0%) had experience with an ICU patient. Agreement between CPOT-Fam participant scores and reference scores were highest for the vocalization dimension (Is the patient making any sounds?; Intraclass correlation coefficient; ICC = 1.0) and lowest for the body movements dimension (What are the patient's body movements like?; ICC = 0.85. Participants indicated they found the CPOT-Fam to be "informative" and "easy-to-use" but "not graphic enough"; participants also indicated that descriptors like "lack of breath" and "struggling to move" are helpful with identifying individualistic behaviors of pain exhibited by their loved ones. CONCLUSION: The CPOT-Fam shows ease of use and may be of value in involving family caregivers in ICU care. Clinical pilot testing is needed to determine feasibility and acceptability and identify further areas for refinement. CI - (c) 2022 The Authors. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. FAU - Shahid, Anmol AU - Shahid A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5638-4988 AD - Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary & Alberta Health Services Calgary Alberta Canada. FAU - Sept, Bonnie G AU - Sept BG AD - Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary & Alberta Health Services Calgary Alberta Canada. FAU - Longmore, Shelly AU - Longmore S AD - Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary & Alberta Health Services Calgary Alberta Canada. FAU - Owen, Victoria S AU - Owen VS AD - Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary & Alberta Health Services Calgary Alberta Canada. FAU - Moss, Stephana J AU - Moss SJ AD - Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary & Alberta Health Services Calgary Alberta Canada. FAU - Soo, Andrea AU - Soo A AD - Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary & Alberta Health Services Calgary Alberta Canada. FAU - Fiest, Kirsten M AU - Fiest KM AD - Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary & Alberta Health Services Calgary Alberta Canada. AD - Department of Psychiatry, Hotchkiss Brain Institute Cumming School of Medicine Calgary Alberta Canada. AD - Department of Community Health Sciences University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada. FAU - Gelinas, Celine AU - Gelinas C AD - Centre for Nursing Research and Lady Davis Institute, Ingram School of Nursing, Jewish General Hospital-CIUSSS West-Central Montreal McGill University Montreal Canada. FAU - Stelfox, Henry T AU - Stelfox HT AD - Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary & Alberta Health Services Calgary Alberta Canada. AD - O'Brien Institute for Public Health University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221209 PL - United States TA - Health Sci Rep JT - Health science reports JID - 101728855 PMC - PMC9732740 OTO - NOTNLM OT - critical care pain observation tool OT - family partnership OT - intensive care unit pain OT - pain assessment OT - quality improvement OT - tool development COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/12/15 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/15 06:01 PMCR- 2022/12/09 CRDT- 2022/12/14 01:54 PHST- 2022/06/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/11/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/14 01:54 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/15 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - HSR2986 [pii] AID - 10.1002/hsr2.986 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Health Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 9;6(1):e986. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.986. eCollection 2023 Jan.