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The cancer pain experience of Israeli adults 65 years and older: the influence of pain interference, symptom severity, and knowledge and attitudes on pain and pain control
- Source :
- Supportive Care in Cancer. 13:708-714
- Publication Year :
- 2005
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2005.
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Abstract
- Little is known about Israeli elders' cancer pain experience. The purpose of this study was to explore the cancer pain experience, including pain intensity, pain management index, pain interference, symptom severity, and knowledge and attitudes toward pain and pain control.Descriptive cross-sectional methods were used to obtain data with four instruments. The patients were 39 Israelis 65 years and older who were receiving outpatient treatment for cancer in a major hospital center in Israel.Results showed that over half (56.7%) reported severe worst pain and had negative pain management indexes (56.4%). In addition, knowledge and attitudes toward pain and pain control were poor (54.55%). There were no significant relationships between pain intensity and other variables. However, pain interference demonstrated a significant positive relationship with symptom severity. Post hoc analysis revealed that Ashkenazi Jewish and more educated patients reported significantly less pain interference than Sephardic Jewish patients.Larger samples representative of the cultural differences in Israel are needed to more definitively identify elements of the cancer pain experience in Israeli elders that can be addressed to improve pain management.
- Subjects :
- Male
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
medicine.medical_specialty
Cross-sectional study
Pain medicine
Statistics as Topic
Pain
Pain Interference
Severity of Illness Index
Quality of life
Neoplasms
Severity of illness
medicine
Humans
Pain Management
Israel
Aged
Pain Measurement
Aged, 80 and over
business.industry
Nursing research
Cultural Diversity
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Analgesics, Opioid
Cross-Sectional Studies
Treatment Outcome
Oncology
Quality of Life
Physical therapy
Female
Pain catastrophizing
business
Cancer pain
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14337339 and 09414355
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Supportive Care in Cancer
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....43449b99d9518fcb9cae99e1ab033b94