SynthesisThe American journal of hospice & palliative care2014
A systematic review of health care interventions for pain in patients with advanced cancer.
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- Ensuring a good death: Priorities and concerns of healthcare personnel across healthcare settings.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Article
- Symptom burden and quality of life among patient and family caregiver dyads in advanced cancer.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Project EPIC (Empowering People to Independence in COPD): Study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation pilot randomized controlled trial of telephonic, geriatrics-palliative care nurse-coaching in older adults with COPD and their family caregivers.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Therapy by physician-pharmacist combination and economic returns for cancer pain management in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- The role of cancer nurses in cancer-related pain management in Europe.Palliative care and social practice · 2023Review
- Caregiver-guided pain coping skills training for patients with advanced cancer: Background, design, and challenges for the CaringPals study.Clinical trials (London, England) · 2019Article
- Service Delivery Models to Maximize Quality of Life for Older People at the End of Life: A Rapid Review.The Milbank quarterly · 2019Review
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- Communicating Caregivers' Challenges With Cancer Pain Management: An Analysis of Home Hospice Visits.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2018Article
- A multicenter study of attitudinal barriers to cancer pain management.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposePoorly controlled pain is common in advanced cancer. The objective of this article was to synthesize the evidence on the effectiveness of pain-focused interventions in this population.
methodsWe searched MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane, and DARE from 2000 through December 2011. We included prospective, controlled health care intervention studies in advanced cancer populations, focusing on pain.
resultsNineteen studies met the inclusion criteria; most focused on nurse-led patient-centered interventions. In all, 9 (47%) of the 19 studies found a significant effect on pain. The most common intervention type was patient/caregiver education, in 17 (89%) of 19 studies, 7 of which demonstrated a significant decrease in pain.
conclusionsWe found moderate strength of evidence that pain in advanced cancer can be improved using health care interventions, particularly nurse-led patient-centered interventions.
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