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P2.11 - Poster Session/ Palliative and Supportive Care (ID 230)
- Event: WCLC 2015
- Type: Poster
- Track: Palliative and Supportive Care
- Presentations: 1
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- Coordinates: 9/08/2015, 09:30 - 17:00, Exhibit Hall (Hall B+C)
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P2.11-004 - Assessment of Pain Management in Cancer Outpatients Who Receive Chemotherapy (ID 1389)
09:30 - 09:30 | Author(s): T. Morita
- Abstract
Background:
Pain is one of the most frequent and burdensome symptoms in cancer patients. In addition, inadequate pain management may limit anti-cancer active treatment in these patients and impair their quality of life. Chemotherapy in the outpatient settings has become common in Japan in the last decade. However, the adequacy of pain management in patients who receive outpatient chemotherapy is not yet well-known. The primary objective of this study was to assess pain prevalence and intensity in these patients. The secondary objective was to assess the pain management status using the pain management index (PMI).
Methods:
Cancer patients with solid tumors or hematologic malignancies who received chemotherapy in the outpatient setting were enrolled. The PMI scores were calculated using the patient-rated pain score and the analgesic score. The PMI was evaluated twice in each patient on the first day and 3 to 5 weeks later when patients received chemotherapy at Outpatient Chemotherapy Administration Unit, Kyushu University Hospital, Japan. Patients were required to complete questionnaires including Japanese Brief Pain Inventory and the Distress Thermometer and Impact Thermometer.
Results:
Of 740 patients enrolled, 524 patients (71%) who completed the questionnaires at both baseline and follow-up were applied to the statistical analysis. 54% patients experienced any pain and 14% patients had moderate or severe pain. 286 patients (55%) received adequate pain management at both baseline and follow-up, while 238 patients (45%) received inadequate pain management at baseline and/or follow-up. Multivariable analysis revealed that major depression had the most impact on adequacy of pain management.
Conclusion:
Patients who receive outpatient chemotherapy have a high prevalence of pain. The PMI is available to evaluate the pain management status of cancer patients in outpatient setting. Pain management for cancer patients needs to be assessed regularly even though their initial pain management is adequate.
