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Health care technology can improve caregiver access to education and communication to hospice nurses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study purpose was to (1) compare the effects of the e-PainSupport intervention for family caregivers on change in patient pain intensity from baseline to 14\u2009days to the effects of a usual care control condition and (2) examine mediating effects of pain management knowledge, self-efficacy, and adherence to analgesic regimens on change in pain intensity, controlling for study condition and patient gender.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Utilizing a 2-group, 2-week randomized controlled trial with dyads (N\u2009=\u200944) of patients (52% female, mean age 74.1\u2009years) and their caregivers (75% female, mean age 55.2\u2009years), dyads were randomly assigned to either the e-PainSupport intervention or usual care control condition. The e-PainSupport intervention included caregiver pain education, a pain assessment and management tracker, and communication to nurses. Participants were recruited from 4 hospice agencies in a large metropolitan area. Outcome measures included caregiver knowledge, self-efficacy, medication adherence, and patient-reported pain intensity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The e-PainSupport intervention produced a small positive effect on reducing pain intensity (\n                      <jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.27) and statistically significant increase in adherence (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.003), compared with usual care. Hierarchical regression models showed a significant mediating effect of increased caregiver knowledge on reduced pain intensity (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u2009.01), regardless of condition.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Caregiver use of the e-PainSupport app is feasible and may contribute to decreasing hospice patient pain.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical trial registration:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov on May 3, 2021, NCT04869085. 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