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Pain experience of cancer patients receiving care in a multidisciplinary pain management clinic.
- Source :
- British Journal of Nursing; 5/25/2023, Vol. 32 Issue 10, pS17-S23, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background: Few longitudinal studies have focused on patients' cancer pain experience when receiving care in a multidisciplinary pain management clinic (MPMC). This study aimed to evaluate the experiences of a cohort of cancer patients newly engaged in a MPMC. Methods: This study was based on a longitudinal approach in which data were collected over a 6 months period at the King Hussein Cancer Centre in Jordan. The study adopted the Arabic version of the Brief Pain Inventory to identify the level and prevalence of cancer pain, and to identify the impact of receiving care at the MPMC on patients' pain experience. Data were collected over four time points, and the period between these points ranged from 2 to 3 weeks. Results: The majority of patients demonstrated improvement in their pain after receiving treatment at the MPMC, while a third still experienced severe pain. Significant improvement was reported at T1, and no further decline in pain was noted after this point. This indicates that exposure to the intervention provided by the MPMC generated, on average, an improvement in patients' pain experience. Conclusion: The MPMC may be an effective pain management strategy in the treatment of cancer pain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CANCER pain treatment
NARCOTICS
ANTICONVULSANTS
ANTIDEPRESSANTS
PAIN measurement
ANALYSIS of variance
NONSTEROIDAL anti-inflammatory agents
SELF-evaluation
PAIN clinics
CANCER patients
EXPERIENCE
CRONBACH'S alpha
COMPARATIVE studies
TREATMENT effectiveness
HEALTH care teams
DISEASE prevalence
QUESTIONNAIRES
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
REPEATED measures design
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
STATISTICAL sampling
PAIN management
LONGITUDINAL method
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09660461
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163864372
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2023.32.10.S17