TY - JOUR
T1 - A Descriptive Survey Study of Patient Needs and Preferences for Cancer Pain Self-Management Support
AU - Anderson, Alice Jane
AU - Starkweather, Angela
AU - Cong, Xiaomei
AU - Xu, Wanli
AU - Judge, Michelle P.
AU - Schulman-Green, Dena
AU - Zhang, Yiming
AU - Salner, Andrew L.
AU - Dornelas, Ellen A.
N1 - Funding Information:
University in New York; Yiming Zhang, MS, is a graduate assistant in the Department of Statistics at the University of Connecticut; Andrew L. Salner, MD, is the medical director at the Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut; and Ellen A. Dornelas, PhD, is a psychologist at Hartford Healthcare. Anderson can be reached at aliceanderson7854@gmail.com, with copy to ONFEditor@ons.org. (Submitted April 2021. Accepted July 7, 2021.) Anderson received funding from an Oncology Nursing Foundation dissertation grant from Genentech.
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PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - OBJECTIVES: To characterize the needs and preferences for pain self-management support (SMS) among patients with cancer during the transition of cancer care from the hospital to the home setting. SAMPLE & SETTING: 38 participants with cancer pain at a research-intensive cancer center in New England. METHODS & VARIABLES: A descriptive, crosssectional survey study was conducted to investigate relationships among preferred and received support, extent and management of transitional change, and pain outcomes. Pain intensity and interference were measured using the Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form, transitional change was measured using the Measurement of Transitions in Cancer Scale, and SMS was measured using dichotomous questions. RESULTS: About half of participants reported concordance between preferred and received cancer pain SMS in the hospital and at home. The extent of transitional change in cancer care was found to be a significant predictor of average pain intensity in the hospital and pain interference at home. Satisfaction with cancer pain SMS was a significant predictor of pain intensity at home. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: The extent of change during care transitions should be considered when fulfilling patient needs and preferences for cancer pain SMS to optimize outcomes.
AB - OBJECTIVES: To characterize the needs and preferences for pain self-management support (SMS) among patients with cancer during the transition of cancer care from the hospital to the home setting. SAMPLE & SETTING: 38 participants with cancer pain at a research-intensive cancer center in New England. METHODS & VARIABLES: A descriptive, crosssectional survey study was conducted to investigate relationships among preferred and received support, extent and management of transitional change, and pain outcomes. Pain intensity and interference were measured using the Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form, transitional change was measured using the Measurement of Transitions in Cancer Scale, and SMS was measured using dichotomous questions. RESULTS: About half of participants reported concordance between preferred and received cancer pain SMS in the hospital and at home. The extent of transitional change in cancer care was found to be a significant predictor of average pain intensity in the hospital and pain interference at home. Satisfaction with cancer pain SMS was a significant predictor of pain intensity at home. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: The extent of change during care transitions should be considered when fulfilling patient needs and preferences for cancer pain SMS to optimize outcomes.
KW - cancer-associated pain
KW - care transitions
KW - needs
KW - preferences
KW - self-management support
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U2 - 10.1188/22.ONF.46-57
DO - 10.1188/22.ONF.46-57
M3 - Article
C2 - 34914676
AN - SCOPUS:85122843825
SN - 0190-535X
VL - 49
SP - 46
EP - 57
JO - Oncology nursing forum
JF - Oncology nursing forum
IS - 1
ER -