Assessment of Change of Quality of Life in Terminally Ill Patients under Cancer Pain Management Using the EORTC Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30) in a Korean Sample

Oncology ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keon Uk Park
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Cancer Pain ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Cancer Pain Management ◽  
Quality Of Life Questionnaire ◽  
Terminally Ill Patients

Cancer pain management

2014 ◽  
Vol 155 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-99
Author(s):  
Péter Heigl
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Pain Relief ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Cancer Pain ◽  
Cancer Pain Management ◽  
Medical Activity ◽  
Short Summary ◽  
Adequate Quality

Pain is a significant and alarming symptom of cancer seriously affecting the activity and quality of life of patients. Recent research proved that inadequate analgesia shortens life expectancy. Therefore, pain relief is not only a possibility but a professional, ethical and moral commitment to relieve patients from suffering, as well as ensure their adequate quality of life and human dignity. Proper pain relief can be achieved with medical therapy in most of the cases and the pharmacological alternatives are available in Hungary. Yet medical activity regarding pain relief is far from the desired. This paper gives a short summary of the guidelines on medical pain management focusing particularly on the use of opioids. Orv. Hetil., 2014, 155(3), 93–99.

COVID-19 lockdown and its impact on cancer pain management: A telephone survey of terminally ill patients

2021 ◽  
pp. 026921632110113
Author(s):  
Abhinav Prakash ◽  
Nishant Sahay ◽  
Umesh Kumar Bhadani ◽  
Shagufta Naaz ◽  
Rajnish Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pain Management ◽  
Cancer Pain ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Cancer Pain Management ◽  
Terminally Ill Patients

Implementing Guidelines for Cancer Pain Management: Results of a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 361-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart L. Du Pen ◽  
Anna R. Du Pen ◽  
Nayak Polissar ◽  
Jennifer Hansberry ◽  
Beth Miller Kraybill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Cancer Pain ◽  
Symptom Management ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Cancer Pain Management ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

PURPOSE: Pain and symptom management is an integral part of the clinical practice of oncology. A number of guidelines have been developed to assist the clinician in optimizing comfort care. We implemented clinical guidelines for cancer pain management in the community setting and evaluated whether these guidelines improved care. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Eighty-one cancer patients, aged 37 to 76 years, were enrolled onto a prospective, longitudinal, randomized controlled study from the outpatient clinic settings of 26 western Washington–area medical oncologists. A multilevel treatment algorithm based on the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Guidelines for Cancer Pain Management was compared with standard-practice (control) pain and symptom management therapies used by community oncologists. The primary outcome of interest was pain (Brief Pain Inventory); secondary outcomes of interest were all other symptoms (Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale) and quality of life (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale). RESULTS: Patients randomized to the pain algorithm group achieved a statistically significant reduction in usual pain intensity, measured as slope scores, when compared with standard community practice (P < .02). Concurrent chemotherapy and patient adherence to treatment were significant mediators of worst pain. There were no significant differences in other symptoms or quality of life between the two treatment groups. CONCLUSION: This guideline implementation study supports the use of algorithmic decision making in the management of cancer pain. These findings suggest that comprehensive pain assessment and evidence-based analgesic decision-making processes do enhance usual pain outcomes.

scholarly journals Cancer Pain Management Education Rectifies Patients’ Misconceptions of Cancer Pain, Reduces Pain, and Improves Quality of Life

Pain Medicine ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 2546-2555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su-Jin Koh ◽  
Bhumsuk Keam ◽  
Min Kyung Hyun ◽  
Jeong Ju Seo ◽  
Keon Uk Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Cancer Pain ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Cancer Pain Management
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