Coping with cancer pain: a qualitative study to explore pain perception and self-coping strategies of patients with cancer in Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT: Pain is one of the most debilitating symptoms of cancer, substantially diminishing one's quality of life. The level of pain experienced is eventually determined by the pain coping strategies adopted by patients individually. The awareness of the 'self-coping methods of pain' of individual patients would be beneficial for the multidisciplinary pain team to consider such methods when planning future interventions to manage pain.

Objectives

This study explores the pain perception and coping strategies used by patients with cancer pain in Sri Lanka.

Design

A descriptive qualitative study.

Setting

Pain management unit, Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama, Sri Lanka.

Participants

The study was conducted among purposively selected patients with cancer and registered at the pa

SUBMITTER: Edirisinghe NP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11575247 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature