Pre-Intervention vs Post-Intervention: Presence of Order for Opioid Pain Medication

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Measures 6

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Measure	Value	95% interval, lower	95% interval, upper	Method	Source
Risk in group 1	0.618	0.601	0.635	wilson	ClinicalTrials.gov
Risk in group 2	0.728	0.712	0.744	wilson	ClinicalTrials.gov
Risk difference, group 1 minus group 2	-0.11	-0.134	-0.0868	newcombe hybrid score	ClinicalTrials.gov
Risk ratio, group 1 over group 2	0.848	0.819	0.879	log	ClinicalTrials.gov
Odds ratio, group 1 over group 2	0.603	0.541	0.673	log	ClinicalTrials.gov
Number needed to treat, for one fewer participant with the outcome on Pre-Intervention than on Post-Intervention	9.06	7.48	11.5	from the risk difference interval	ClinicalTrials.gov

Groups 2

Neither group, or both, names a comparator, so the groups keep ClinicalTrials.gov's order.

Group	Title	Description	With the outcome	Analysed	ClinicalTrials.gov code	Source
Group 1	Pre-Intervention	Comfort care education intervention, consisting of intensive, on-site staff training together with an electronic order set for palliative care and educational materials~Comfort care education intervention: Comfort care education intervention, consisting of intensive, on-site staff training together with an electronic order set for palliative care and educational materials	2,004	3,243	OG000	ClinicalTrials.gov
Group 2	Post-Intervention	Comfort care education intervention, consisting of intensive, on-site staff training together with an electronic order set for palliative care and educational materials~Comfort care education intervention: Comfort care education intervention, consisting of intensive, on-site staff training together with an electronic order set for palliative care and educational materials	2,056	2,823	OG001	ClinicalTrials.gov

Outcome 5

Field	Value	Source
Type	PRIMARY	ClinicalTrials.gov
Title	Presence of Order for Opioid Pain Medication	ClinicalTrials.gov
Description	Presence of order for opioid pain medication at time of death based on abstraction of electronic medical record	ClinicalTrials.gov
Time frame	Pre and Post Intervention	ClinicalTrials.gov
Population		ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial 8

Field	Value	Source
Title	Intervention to Improve Care at Life's End	ClinicalTrials.gov
NCT number	NCT00234286	ClinicalTrials.gov
Phases	NA	ClinicalTrials.gov
Conditions	Death, Pain, Dyspnea	ClinicalTrials.gov
Interventions	Comfort care education intervention	ClinicalTrials.gov
Lead sponsor	US Department of Veterans Affairs	ClinicalTrials.gov
Results first posted	2015-04-27	ClinicalTrials.gov
Results on ClinicalTrials.gov	https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00234286?tab=results	ClinicalTrials.gov

Source 4

Field	Value	Source
Release	trial-comparisons-2026-03-23-0.1.0	ClinicalTrials.gov
Release manifest SHA-256	f66225897fbf258b57ea10bdacfd0347d3cdfda93f7f5685234b7e06ea36fa57	ClinicalTrials.gov
AACT copy	2026-03-23	ClinicalTrials.gov
Tables read	outcome_counts.parquet, outcome_measurements.parquet, outcomes.parquet, reported_event_totals.parquet, reported_events.parquet, result_groups.parquet, studies.parquet, ctgov_trial.parquet	ClinicalTrials.gov

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ClinicalTrials.gov: none stated ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions. The measures are ConductScience's calculation from them.