Barriers to cancer pain management in danish and lithuanian patients treated in pain and palliative care units
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Barriers to cancer pain management in danish and lithuanian patients treated in pain and palliative care units. / Jacobsen, Ramune; Samsanaviciene, Jurgita; Liubarskiene, Zita; Sjøgren, Per; Møldrup, Claus; Christrup, Lona Louring; Sciupokas, Arunas; Hansen, Ole Bo.
In: Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses, Vol. 15, No. 1, 03.2014, p. 51-8.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Barriers to cancer pain management in danish and lithuanian patients treated in pain and palliative care units
AU - Jacobsen, Ramune
AU - Samsanaviciene, Jurgita
AU - Liubarskiene, Zita
AU - Sjøgren, Per
AU - Møldrup, Claus
AU - Christrup, Lona Louring
AU - Sciupokas, Arunas
AU - Hansen, Ole Bo
N1 - Copyright © 2014 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - The prevalence of cancer-related pain is high despite available guidelines for the effective assessment and management of that pain. Barriers to the use of opioid analgesics partially cause undertreatment of cancer pain. The aim of this study was to compare pain management outcomes and patient-related barriers to cancer pain management in patient samples from Denmark and Lithuania. Thirty-three Danish and 30 Lithuanian patients responded to, respectively, Danish and Lithuanian versions of the Brief Pain Inventory pain scale, the Barriers Questionnaire II, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Specific Questionnaire On Pain Communication, and the Medication Adherence Report Scale. Emotional distress and patient attitudes toward opioid analgesics in cancer patient samples from both countries explained pain management outcomes in the multivariate regression models. Pain relief and pain medication adherence were better in Denmark, and the country of origin significantly explained the difference in the regression models for these outcomes. In conclusion, interventions in emotional distress and patient attitudes toward opioid analgesics may result in better pain management outcomes generally, whereas poor adherence to pain medication and poor pain relief appear to be more country-specific problems.
AB - The prevalence of cancer-related pain is high despite available guidelines for the effective assessment and management of that pain. Barriers to the use of opioid analgesics partially cause undertreatment of cancer pain. The aim of this study was to compare pain management outcomes and patient-related barriers to cancer pain management in patient samples from Denmark and Lithuania. Thirty-three Danish and 30 Lithuanian patients responded to, respectively, Danish and Lithuanian versions of the Brief Pain Inventory pain scale, the Barriers Questionnaire II, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Specific Questionnaire On Pain Communication, and the Medication Adherence Report Scale. Emotional distress and patient attitudes toward opioid analgesics in cancer patient samples from both countries explained pain management outcomes in the multivariate regression models. Pain relief and pain medication adherence were better in Denmark, and the country of origin significantly explained the difference in the regression models for these outcomes. In conclusion, interventions in emotional distress and patient attitudes toward opioid analgesics may result in better pain management outcomes generally, whereas poor adherence to pain medication and poor pain relief appear to be more country-specific problems.
U2 - 10.1016/j.pmn.2012.06.002
DO - 10.1016/j.pmn.2012.06.002
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24602424
VL - 15
SP - 51
EP - 58
JO - Pain Management Nursing
JF - Pain Management Nursing
SN - 1524-9042
IS - 1
ER -
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