Pain prevalence and pain relief in end-of-life care – a national registry study

Autor: Christel Hedman, Per Fürst, Peter Strang, Maria E.C. Schelin, Staffan Lundström, Lisa Martinsson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMC Palliative Care, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-684X
DOI: 10.1186/s12904-024-01497-1
Popis: Abstract Background Despite pain control being a top priority in end-of-life care, pain continues to be a troublesome symptom and comprehensive data on pain prevalence and pain relief in patients with different diagnoses are scarce. Methods The Swedish Register of Palliative Care (SRPC) was used to retrieve data from 2011 to 2022 about pain during the last week of life. Data were collected regarding occurrence of pain, whether pain was relieved and occurrence of severe pain, to examine if pain differed between patients with cancer, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and dementia. Binary logistic regression models adjusted for sex and age were used. Results A total of 315 000 patients were included in the study. Pain during the last week of life was more commonly seen in cancer (81%) than in dementia (69%), heart failure (68%) or COPD (57%), also when controlled for age and sex, p
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