Effect of telecare management on pain and depression in patients with cancer: a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Pain and depression are 2 of the most prevalent and treatable cancer-related symptoms, yet they frequently go unrecognized, undertreated, or both.

Objective

To determine whether centralized telephone-based care management coupled with automated symptom monitoring can improve depression and pain in patients with cancer.

Design, setting, and patients

Randomized controlled trial conducted in 16 community-based urban and rural oncology practices involved in the Indiana Cancer Pain and Depression (INCPAD) trial. Recruitment occurred from March 2006 through August 2008 and follow-up concluded in August 2009. The participating patients had depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score > or = 10), cancer-related pain (Brief Pain Inventory [BPI] worst pain score > o

SUBMITTER: Kroenke K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3010214 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature