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The Experience of Complex Pain Dynamics in Oncology Outpatients: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Characterizing Pain and Opioid-Related Risks in Individuals With Advanced Cancer: A Cohort Study.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2026Article
- Cancer pain knowledge and attitudes of healthcare professionals: A systematic review of surveys and their measurement properties.British journal of pain · 2026Article
- Pain Experience in Oncology: A Targeted Literature Review and Development of a Novel Patient-Centric Conceptual Model.Cancers · 2025Review
- State of the "Art" in Precision Health Symptom Science Research.Seminars in oncology nursing · 2025Review
- Cancer pain self-management interventions in adults: scoping review.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2024Article
- Randomized clinical trial to evaluate a cancer pain self-management intervention for outpatients.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2022Article
- Cross Disciplinary Role Agreement is Needed When Coordinating Long-Term Opioid Prescribing for Cancer: a Qualitative Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2021Article
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backgroundFew qualitative studies of cancer patients' everyday experiences with pain exist within the large body of cancer pain research. Longitudinal qualitative studies are particularly sparse, and no studies have qualitatively described patients' pain experience over time during participation in a self-management intervention.
objectiveTo longitudinally describe patients' pain experiences during a 10-week pain self-management intervention.
methodsThis qualitative study was embedded in a randomized controlled trial of a psychoeducational pain management intervention. The data consisted of transcribed audio recordings of each intervention session. An emergent, interpretive approach was used in this longitudinal qualitative analysis.
resultsForty-two adult patients were included. The analysis revealed the strikingly dynamic nature of individual patient's pain experiences. Multiple facets of pain contributed to its dynamic nature, including pain in changing locations, co-occurring sources of pain, and varying patterns of pain intensity over time. For individual patients, the cumulative effect of these multiple facets resulted in a phenomenon we termed "complex pain dynamics."
conclusionThe results contribute to knowledge about the dynamic nature of cancer patients' pain experiences over a relatively short period. They suggest the need for a new paradigm for management of pain in cancer patients and raise questions about the interpretation of randomized controlled trial results in the absence of qualitative data. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Frequent assessments and reassessments of pain are needed in cancer patients with the ongoing development of highly individualized self-management strategies. A large repertoire of interventions is needed to effectively manage pain in cancer patients over time.
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