Cancer Pain Management in Patients Receiving Inpatient Specialized Palliative Care Services

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CONTEXT: Cancer pain is a common complication that is frequently undertreated in patients with cancer.

OBJECTIVES: This study is aimed at assessing the time needed to achieve cancer pain management goals through specialized palliative care (SPC).

METHODS: This was a multicenter, prospective, longitudinal study of inpatients with cancer pain who received SPC. Patients were continuously followed up until they considered cancer pain management successful, and we estimated this duration using the Kaplan-Meier method. We investigated the effectiveness of pain management using multiple patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and quantitative measures, including pain intensity change in the Brief Pain Inventory. A paired-sample t-test was used to compare the pain intensity at the beginning and end of the observation period.

RESULTS: Cancer pain management based on the PROs was achieved in 87.9% (385/438) of all cases. In 94.5% (364/385) of these cases, cancer pain management was achieved within 1 week, and the median time to pain management was 3 days (95% confidence interval [CI], 2-3). The mean worst pain intensity in the last 24 h at the start and end of observation were 6.9 ± 2.2 and 4.0 ± 2.3, respectively, with a difference of -2.9 (95% CI, -3.2 to -2.6; p < 0.01). Overall, 81.6% of the patients reported satisfaction with cancer pain management, and 62 adverse events occurred.

CONCLUSION: SPC achieved cancer pain management over a short period with a high level of patient satisfaction resulting in significant pain reduction and few documented adverse events.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:67

Enthalten in:

Journal of pain and symptom management - 67(2024), 1 vom: 09. Jan., Seite 27-38.e1

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tagami, Keita [VerfasserIn]
Chiu, Shih-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Kosugi, Kazuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Ishiki, Hiroto [VerfasserIn]
Hiratsuka, Yusuke [VerfasserIn]
Shimizu, Masaki [VerfasserIn]
Mori, Masanori [VerfasserIn]
Kubo, Emi [VerfasserIn]
Ikari, Tomoo [VerfasserIn]
Arakawa, Sayaka [VerfasserIn]
Eto, Tetsuya [VerfasserIn]
Shimoda, Mayu [VerfasserIn]
Hirayama, Hideyuki [VerfasserIn]
Nishijima, Kaoru [VerfasserIn]
Ouchi, Kota [VerfasserIn]
Shimoi, Tatsunori [VerfasserIn]
Shigeno, Tomoko [VerfasserIn]
Yamaguchi, Takuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Miyashita, Mitsunori [VerfasserIn]
Morita, Tatsuya [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Akira [VerfasserIn]
Satomi, Eriko [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Analgesics
Cancer pain
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Pain management
Palliative care
Palliative medicine

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Date Completed 15.01.2024

Date Revised 15.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.09.015

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362268401