1. Self-Efficacy Survey Study of Pain Self-Management in Patients with Cancer
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Xiaomei Cong, Kyounghae Kim, Dena Schulman-Green, Wanli Xu, Michelle P. Judge, Alice Anderson, Angela Starkweather, and Yiming Zhang
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Advanced and Specialized Nursing ,Self-efficacy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Self-management ,business.industry ,Self-Management ,MEDLINE ,Pain ,Cancer ,Survey research ,Cancer Pain ,medicine.disease ,Self Efficacy ,Unmet needs ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Neoplasms ,Quality of Life ,Physical therapy ,medicine ,Humans ,Pain Management ,In patient ,Cancer pain ,business - Abstract
Background: Cancer pain prevalence remains high, and variance in self-efficacy for managing pain may explain why some patients experience greater pain severity. Aim: This study explored perceptions of self-efficacy in relation to cancer pain severity and treatment related characteristics. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was administered to 50 cancer outpatients. Data analysis involved descriptive and correlational statistical analyses. Results: Self-efficacy to manage pain was significantly associated with time since diagnosis and ability to deal with frustration, and inversely associated with pain severity level. A large proportion of patients reported low satisfaction self-managing their pain. Most patients reported independently self-managing their cancer pain; however, satisfaction with pain management was low for a large proportion of patients. Time since cancer diagnosis and ability to deal with frustration due to cancer pain were positively associated with cancer pain self-efficacy, whereas pain self-efficacy had a significant inverse correlation with cancer pain severity. Conclusions: Enhancing self-efficacy to self-manage under-treated cancer pain is important with implications for improving pain outcomes and quality of life. Further investigation on unmet needs and preferences for cancer pain self-management support is warranted.
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- 2022