Severity, interference, qualities, and correlates of severe pain: Descriptive cross-sectional study on pain experience of cancer patients in Sri Lanka.

Autor:	Edirisinghe NP; Faculty of Graduates Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.; Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka., Makuloluwa PTR; Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Werahara, Sri Lanka., Amarasekara AATD; Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka., Goonewardena CSE; Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.; Cancer Research Center, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Chronic illness [Chronic Illn] 2024 Sep; Vol. 20 (3), pp. 515-526. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 19.
DOI:	10.1177/17423953231221845
Abstrakt:	Objective: Pain is the most debilitating and subjective experience of cancer patients. This study examines the severity, interference, characteristics, and associations of severe pain in Sri Lankan cancer patients. Methods: A descriptive study was conducted in Sri Lanka on 384 patients at age 18 or older who had cancer pain for 3 months or more due to the initial lesion, secondaries, radiation, or chemotherapy. Patients with non-cancerous pain or brain metastases were excluded. Data was collected using a validated Sinhala version of the Short-Form Brief Pain Inventory and the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2. Logistic regression was used to identify severe pain correlations. Results: The mean of the "worst pain" experience was 7.97, and 73.2% reported their "worst pain" as severe. The "normal works" (62.5%) and "sleep" (58.3%) were severely influenced by pain. "Aching pain," was the most reported pain quality. A statistically significant association was shown between severe pain and male gender (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.723), being in marriage (AOR = 1.947), absence of family commitments (AOR = 1.8), and pain of 3 months or more duration (AOR = 1.76). Conclusion: The experiences of cancer pain vary, with the majority suffering from severe pain. Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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