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ArticlePalliative medicine reports2024

Spanish Translation and Dissemination of EMPOWER Materials to Address Barriers to Pain Management at the End of Life.

John G Cagle, Iraida Carrion, Todd D Becker, Peiyuan Zhang

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John G CagleUniversity of Maryland School of Social Work, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-8667
Iraida CarrionUniversity of South Florida School of Social Work, Tampa, Florida, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4076-6644
Todd D BeckerUniversity of Maryland School of Social Work, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4170-1412
Peiyuan ZhangUniversity of Maryland School of Social Work, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4203-4749

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Introduction: The Effective Management of Pain by Overcoming Worries to Enable Relief (EMPOWER) intervention is an evidence-supported approach for addressing barriers to pain management (e.g., patient/family concerns about addiction) at the end of life. Such barriers appear more pronounced among Spanish-speaking individuals. This study aimed to (1) translate EMPOWER materials into Spanish, (2) disseminate materials to hospices with ≥25% Hispanic patients, and (3) survey hospices about the use and usefulness of materials. Methods: We back translated EMPOWER materials with harmonization, then disseminated materials to 242 hospices. Thereafter, we used a semistructured survey to assess use and usefulness of EMPOWER materials using univariate statistics and content analysis. Results: Thirty-eight hospice representatives responded (participation rate = 15.7%). Respondents were primarily non-White (55.3%) and Hispanic (60.5%). Nealy half (47.4%) were nurses. A majority (81.6%) indicated they currently employ ≥1 full-time English-Spanish bilingual team member. Among those who reported receiving the EMPOWER materials ( Conclusion: Thematic findings suggest EMPOWER reinforces clinical education, promotes discussion about pain management, and helps address culturally specific barriers to care. EMPOWER appears to be a useful, easy to use, and promising intervention that can be implemented among both English- and Spanish-speaking populations.

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disparitiesend-of-life careHispanic patientshospiceopioids

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