Pain Experience in Oncology: A Targeted Literature Review and Development of a Novel Patient-Centric Conceptual Model.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Typical endpoints in cancer clinical trials focus on standardized efficacy endpoints, such as overall survival. Pain is not always assessed, although it is a highly prevalent and distressing aspect of patients' cancer experience and plays a critical role in health-related quality of life. To inform future pain measurement strategies in oncology, this targeted literature review of pain-related qualitative publications in oncology aimed to characterize and explore the patient experience of pain, and its impact on how patients feel and function.

Methods

A review of publications in MEDLINE, Embase and PsycINFO from 2018 to 2023 was conducted. Patient quotes or author descriptions/interpretations were extracted and analyzed with directed content analysis

SUBMITTER: Carmichael C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12691514 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature