ArticleJournal of pain research2017
Adequacy of cancer-related pain management and predictors of undertreatment at referral to a pain clinic.
Article in Journal of pain research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04726228 (Home-Based Telemedicine for Automatic Pain Assessment in Cancer Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 35 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Home-Based Telemedicine for Automatic Pain Assessment in Cancer Patients: Dataset Creation and Development of Machine Learning Algorithms
Who cites it
35 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems for Cancer Pain: An Analysis of a Prospective, Multicenter Product Surveillance Registry.Anesthesia and analgesia · 2020Trial
- Evaluating the Use of Tumor Bank DNA to Validate Genetic Factors Impacting Opioid Response in Patients with Advanced Cancer.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Article
- Reshaping Precision Cancer Pain Management with Multimodal Artificial Intelligence: A Review on Subtyping and Treatment Response Prediction.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- The Effect of Race and Area Deprivation on Symptom Profiles Over the Course of Early-Stage Breast Cancer.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2025Article
- Adequacy of pain management among advanced cancer patients with solid tumors attending palliative care centers in Dar es Salaam.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Pain Management Adequacy in Patients With Bone Metastases: A Secondary Analysis From the Palliative Radiotherapy and Inflammation Study Trial.Clinical Medicine Insights. Oncology · 2025Article
- Exploring pain management in breast cancer: key findings from the ARISE study.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Competence and training needs in cancer pain management among nurses: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Comprehensive assessment of pain characteristics, quality of life, and pain management in cancer patients: a multi-center cross-sectional study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- A comprehensive review on ziconotide.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Further Clarification of Pain Management Complexity in Radiotherapy: Insights from Modern Statistical Approaches.Cancers · 2024Article
- Article
- The Effect of Race and Area Deprivation on Symptom Profiles over the Course of Early-Stage Breast Cancer.Research square · 2023Article
- Article
- Pain Incidence and Associated Risk Factors among Cancer Patients within 72 Hours after Surgery: A Large Retrospective Analysis.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
- Virtual reality reduces pain in palliative care-A feasibility trial.BMC palliative care · 2022Observational
- Adequacy of Pain Treatment in Radiotherapy Departments: Results of a Multicenter Study on 2104 Patients (Arise).Cancers · 2022Article
- Altered metabolic connectivity between the amygdala and default mode network is related to pain perception in patients with cancer.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Pharmacist-Led Management Improves Treatment Adherence and Quality of Life in Opioid-Tolerant Patients With Cancer Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Pain and therapy · 2022Article
- A window into pain: American Indian cancer survivors' drawings.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundSeveral guidelines have advocated the need for adequate cancer-related pain (CRP) management. The pain management index (PMI) has been proposed as an auditable measure of the appropriateness for analgesic therapy.
objectivesTo determine the adequacy of CRP management based on the PMI status and its patient-related predictors at the point of referral to a pain clinic (PC).
methodsConsecutive patients referred to a PC had standardized initial assessments and status documentation on the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) ratings; pain mechanism, using a neuropathic pain diagnostic questionnaire (the Douleur Neuropathique 4 tool); episodic pain; oral morphine equivalent daily dose; the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale and the Emotion Thermometer scores; and cancer diagnosis, metastases, treatment, and pain duration. Predictors of "negative PMI status" [PMI(-)] were examined in logistic regression models. Variables with
resultsOf 371 participants, 95 (25.6%) had PMI(-), suggesting undertreatment of CRP. Both female sex and higher scores on the BPI's "interference with general activity" more strongly predicted PMI(-). Patients who received either radiotherapy or one or more adjuvant analgesics prior to the initial consultation at the PC, those who had neuropathic pain, those who had a greater need for emotional help, and those with higher BPI's "relief " scores were all less likely to be PMI(-).
conclusionThe potential burden of patient and family distress associated with suboptimal CRP management in one in four patients should generate major public health concern and prompt appropriate educational and health policy measures to address the deficit.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.