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Pain knowledge of patients and family caregivers as predictors of pain management outcomes in cancer patients: a multicenter study in China

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Abstract

Purpose

The purposes of this study were to evaluate the current situation of pain management outcomes, patients’ pain knowledge, and family caregivers’ pain knowledge in China and explore the impact of pain knowledge of patients and family caregivers on pain management outcomes.

Methods

A total of 410 patient-family caregiver dyads were assessed by Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), the Pain Knowledge subscales of Patient Pain Questionnaire (PPQ), and Family Pain Questionnaire (FPQ). The difference in pain management outcomes was analyzed using bivariate analysis first, and then variables with statistical significance in bivariate analysis were included in multivariable linear regression analysis.

Results

The average patient pain score in the last 24 h was 3.23 (SD = 2.16). The total average scores on pain knowledge of 410 patients and family caregivers were 3.60 ± 1.90 and 3.57 ± 1.76. Multivariable linear regression analysis showed taking strong opioids, patients’ perceived moderate health status, patients’ pain knowledge, and family caregivers’ pain knowledge were the main factors influencing the pain management outcomes.

Conclusion

Pain knowledge of patients and family caregivers were important indicators of pain management outcomes, indicating tailored cancer pain education program should be developed.

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Data availability

The datasets used or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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SPSS version 20.0 (IBM Corp., New York, USA) was downloaded from Peking University Health Science Library.

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And we thank Yushuang He, Tingting Hu, Xuerong Liu, Xiaolei Yu, Fengxia Wang, and Weifeng Li for their help in the implementation of the project.

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This work was supported by the Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals Incubating Program, coding PX2017052, and was supported by Yuhan Lu.

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    Xiaoxiao Ma, Wenhua Yu, Yuhan Lu, Hong Yang, Xin Li & Dongqin Kang

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Yuhan Lu, Xiaoxiao Ma, and Wenhua Yu designed the study.

Xiaoxiao Ma, Xin Li, and Dongqin Kang collected the clinical data.

Yuhan Lu, Xiaoxiao Ma, and Hong Yang contributed to the data analysis and data interpretation.

Xiaoxiao Ma wrote the manuscript.

Yuhan Lu approved the last version of the manuscript.

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And we thank Yushuang He, Tingting Hu, Xuerong Liu, Xiaolei Yu, Fengxia Wang, and Weifeng Li for their help in the implementation of the project.

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Ma, X., Yu, W., Lu, Y. et al. Pain knowledge of patients and family caregivers as predictors of pain management outcomes in cancer patients: a multicenter study in China. Support Care Cancer 30, 575–584 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06457-6

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