Australian survey of current practice and guideline use in adult cancer pain assessment and management: The community nurse perspective

Phillips, Jane; Lovell, Melanie; Luckett, Tim; Agar, Meera; Gréen, Anna; Davidson, Patricia M.

doi:10.1016/j.colegn.2013.11.002

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“…Compared to a previous survey of Australian practice, our chart audit identified more frequent documentation of assessment using a validated pain scale in both palliative care and oncology clinics, presumably because the screening systems we implemented provided clinicians with ready access to assessment information of this kind. In the previous survey, only 46% of oncologists and 71% of palliative care physicians reported using a validated pain scale Phillips et al, 2014). Interestingly, however, >90% of physicians from both specialties reported that new patients were routinely assessed for pain using other methods.…”

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Screening and Audit as Service-Level Strategies to Support Implementation of Australian Guidelines for Cancer Pain Management in Adults: A Feasibility Study

Lovell

Birch²,

Luckett

et al. 2019

Pain Management Nursing

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Screening and Audit as Service-Level Strategies to Support Implementation of Australian Guidelines for Cancer Pain Management in Adults: A Feasibility Study

Lovell

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Luckett

et al. 2019

Pain Management Nursing

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“…4 Pain is a major source of suffering and has adverse effects on their quality of life, leading to unplanned hospital admissions with uncontrolled symptoms. 5 Barriers to pain management include knowledge deficits, misconceptions, 6 poor pain assessment, [7][8][9][10] and lack of a common language when classifying and assessing pain. 11 Evidence suggests that assessing pain and presenting data to physicians prior to consultation, who then use it within discussions, can significantly improve pain outcomes and quality of life.…”

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Using information and communication technologies to improve the management of pain from advanced cancer in the community: Qualitative study of the experience of implementation for patients and health professionals in a trial

Hackett

Allsop

Taylor

et al. 2020

Health Informatics J

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In cancer care, there are emerging information and communication technology systems being developed, enabling real-time information sharing between patients and health professionals. This study explored health professionals’ and patients’ perceptions of their engagement with an information and communication technology system for pain management to understand the mechanisms that could support implementation into routine palliative care practice. This was a qualitative study, embedded within a randomised control trial, using semi-structured face-to-face interviews. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. The role of health professionals was a key component to patient engagement with the information and communication technology system. Where patients engaged with the information and communication technology system, both patients and health professionals reported benefits to system use in addition to usual care. Implementation issues were identified that can be used to guide future system development to support pain management in the context of routine clinical care in palliative care services. Where interventions are dependent on multiple providers, collaborative working and consideration of the context within which they are set are needed.

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“…R elieving cancer pain is a global health problem that requires immediate attention [1] . The British Pain Society has defi ned cancer pain as a complex and multi-dimensional experience including acute and chronic pain that refl ects both damage to the body and the body's response to the damage [2] .…”

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Evaluating Saudi Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes toward Cancer Pain Management: Implications for Nursing Education

Wazqar

2019

JKAU Med Sci

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Ineffective pain management has been recognized as a major problem faced by many patients with cancer. There is a lack of emphasis on cancer pain management in the undergraduate nursing curriculum which is one part of this problem. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with a convenience sample of 135 nursing students at two universities in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to evaluate students’ current knowledge and attitudes toward cancer pain management. Data were collected using Pain Management Principles Assessment Test and Nurses’ Pain Management Attitudes Survey. The data were analyzed using IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 22, and P < 0.05 was interpreted as significant. Descriptive and inferential statistics and Pearson correlations were performed. Nursing students have insufficient knowledge (11.4 ± 2.92) and negative attitudes (68.8 ± 5.75) toward cancer pain management. None of the nursing students achieved complete, correct responses (31 or 100%) in the knowledge test. Students had poor knowledge regarding areas of pain physiology and assessment, pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic pain management such as cutaneous stimulation. A weak positive significant relationship between students’ knowledge and attitudes was also found (r = 0.225, P = 0.009). Continued work is required to develop specific strategies to effectively teach nursing students and enhance their knowledge and attitudes toward cancer pain management.

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Australian survey of current practice and guideline use in adult cancer pain assessment and management: The community nurse perspective

Cited by 12 publications

References 28 publications

Screening and Audit as Service-Level Strategies to Support Implementation of Australian Guidelines for Cancer Pain Management in Adults: A Feasibility Study

Screening and Audit as Service-Level Strategies to Support Implementation of Australian Guidelines for Cancer Pain Management in Adults: A Feasibility Study

Using information and communication technologies to improve the management of pain from advanced cancer in the community: Qualitative study of the experience of implementation for patients and health professionals in a trial

Evaluating Saudi Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes toward Cancer Pain Management: Implications for Nursing Education

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