Opioid‐taking tasks and behaviours in Taiwanese outpatients with cancer

Liang, Shu‐Yuan; Yates, Patsy; Edwards, Helen; Tsay, Shiow‐Luan

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02332.x

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“…Cancer patients' adherence to analgesics regimens recently became the focus of the research in cancer pain management area 45,48,49 . As in other studies, in the present study adherences was assessed as a mean score on a scale or as proportions of patients being good and bad adherents.…”

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Barriers to Pain Management among Lithuanian Cancer Patients

Jacobsen

Samsanaviciene²,

Liuabarskiene

et al. 2010

Pain Practice

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Barriers to Pain Management among Lithuanian Cancer Patients

Jacobsen

Samsanaviciene²,

Liuabarskiene

et al. 2010

Pain Practice

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“…For example, researchers described key elements of medication management by oncology outpatients in Taiwan (27) and family caregivers of patients at the end of life in the United States (28,29). Medication management behaviors such as obtaining medications, communicating, coordinating, organizing, remembering, storing, and taking or administering were described in these populations.…”

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confidence: 99%

Pain Medication Management Processes Used by Oncology Outpatients and Family Caregivers Part II: Home and Lifestyle Contexts

Schumacher

Clark

West

et al. 2014

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

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Context Despite the increasing complexity of medication regimens for persistent cancer pain, little is known about how oncology outpatients and their family caregivers manage pain medications at home. Objectives To describe the day-to-day management of pain medications from the perspectives of oncology outpatients and their family caregivers who participated in a randomized clinical trial (RCT) of a psycho-educational intervention called the Pro-Self © Plus Pain Control Program. In this article, we focus on pain medication management in the context of highly individualized home environments and lifestyles. Methods This qualitative study was conducted as part of a RCT in which an embedded mixed methods research design was used. Audio-recorded dialogue among patients, family caregivers, and intervention nurses was analyzed using qualitative research methods. Results Home and lifestyle contexts for managing pain medications included highly individualized home environments, work and recreational activities, personal routines, and family characteristics. Pain medication management processes particularly relevant in these contexts included understanding, organizing, storing, scheduling, remembering, and taking the medications. With the exception of their interactions with the intervention nurses, most study participants had little involvement with clinicians as they worked through these processes. Conclusion Pain medication management is an ongoing multidimensional process, each step of which has to be mastered by patients and family caregivers when cancer treatment and supportive care is provided on an outpatient basis. Realistic patient- and family-centered skill-building interventions are needed to achieve effective and safe pain medication management in the contexts of individual home environments and lifestyles.

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“…Adherence to analgesic regimens has recently become an area of interest in the cancer pain management research (47, 52, 53). Adherence in this study, as in other similar studies, was assessed as a mean score on a scale or as proportions of patients having good and bad adherence.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychological and behavioural predictors of pain management outcomes in patients with cancer

Jacobsen

Møldrup

Christrup

et al. 2010

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

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To better understand the phenomenon of patient-related barriers to cancer pain management and address them more effectively in interventional studies, a theoretical model related to psychological aspects of pain experience and pain-related behaviours was elaborated. The aim of the study was to analyse the impact of patient-related barriers on cancer pain management outcomes following this model. Thirty-three patients responded to the Brief Pain Inventory Pain scale, the Danish Barriers Questionnaire II (DBQ-II), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS), the Danish version of Patient Perceived Involvement in Care Scale measuring the quality of patient-physician pain communication, and the Danish version of Medication Adherence Report Scale (DMARS-4). Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS 16.00. The results of the multivariable linear regression analyses showed that pain intensity was explained by patients' emotional distress (symptoms of anxiety and depression) and that pain relief was explained by cognitive barriers. In conclusion, interventions in emotional distress and patients' concerns may supposedly result in better cancer pain management outcomes.

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Opioid‐taking tasks and behaviours in Taiwanese outpatients with cancer

Cited by 17 publications

References 28 publications

Barriers to Pain Management among Lithuanian Cancer Patients

Barriers to Pain Management among Lithuanian Cancer Patients

Pain Medication Management Processes Used by Oncology Outpatients and Family Caregivers Part II: Home and Lifestyle Contexts

Psychological and behavioural predictors of pain management outcomes in patients with cancer

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