Barriers to effective cancer pain management: A survey of hospitalized cancer patients in Australia
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R. K. Portenoy M. Herleth |
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01/01/2002
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Resumo |
The purpose of this study was to examine attitudinal barriers to effective pain management in a consecutively recruited cohort of 114 cancer patients from four Australian hospitals. When surveyed, 48% of this sample reported experiencing pain within the previous 24 hours. Of these, 56% reported this pain to be distressing, horrible or excruciating, with large proportions indicating that this pain had affected their movement, sleep and emotional well-being. Three factors were identified as potentially impacting on patients responses to pain-poor levels of patient knowledge about pain, low perceived control over pain, and a deficit in communication about pain. A trend for older patients to experience more severe pain was also identified. These older patients reported being more willing to tolerate pain and perceive less control over their pain. Suggestions are made for developing patient education programs and farther research using concepts drawn from broader social and behavioral models. J Pain Symptom Manage 2002:23:393-405. (C) U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee, 2002. |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Elsevier Science |
Palavras-Chave | #Health Care Sciences & Services #Medicine, General & Internal #Clinical Neurology #Cancer Pain #Barriers #Communication #Patient Education #Postoperative Analgesia #Education-program #Clinical-practice #Elderly People #Attitudes #Impact #Knowledge #Relief #Nurses #Questionnaire #C1 #321015 Oncology and Carcinogenesis #321103 Clinical Nursing - Secondary (Acute Care) #730108 Cancer and related disorders |
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Journal Article |