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Barriers to Pain Management as Perceived by Cancer and Noncancer Patients With Chronic Disease.
- Source :
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Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses [Pain Manag Nurs] 2024 Jun; Vol. 25 (3), pp. 294-299. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 06. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Pain is the most common symptom experienced by both cancer and non-cancer patients. A wide variety of barriers may hinder the optimal treatment of cancer and noncancer pain that are related to the health care system, health care providers, and patients.<br />Purpose: To explore the barriers to pain management as perceived by patients with cancer and noncancer chronic diseases.<br />Method: A descriptive, cross-sectional correlational design was employed to recruit a sample of 200 patients (n = 100 patients with cancer, n= 100 patients with noncancer) from two hospitals in Jordan. Patients filled out an Arabic version of Barriers Questionnaire II (ABQ-II).<br />Results: Harmful effects of medications were the greatest barrier to effective pain management, while fatalism had the lowest mean scores. Age was negatively correlated with physiological effects (r = -0.287, p < .01), communication (r = -0.263, p < .01), harmful effects (r = -0.284, p < .01), and the overall barrier score (r = -0.326, p < .01) among noncancer patients with chronic disease and (p > .05) for patients with cancer. Patients with cancer had higher mean scores (M = 2.12, SD = 0.78) in the fatalism subscale than those with noncancer chronic disease (M = 1.91, SD = 0.68), while patients with noncancer chronic disease had significantly higher mean scores (M = 2.78, SD = 0.78) in the communication subscale than patients with cancer (M = 2.49, SD = 0.65), (t = -2.899, p = .005).<br />Conclusion: To improve the quality of care for patients who are in pain, it is recommended to address pain management barriers as they arise.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Inc.)
- Subjects :
- Humans
Female
Male
Cross-Sectional Studies
Middle Aged
Jordan
Adult
Surveys and Questionnaires
Aged
Chronic Disease
Chronic Pain psychology
Chronic Pain drug therapy
Cancer Pain psychology
Cancer Pain drug therapy
Pain Management methods
Pain Management standards
Pain Management statistics & numerical data
Neoplasms complications
Neoplasms psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532-8635
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38453586
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2024.02.006