Association among presence of cancer pain, inadequate pain control, and psychotropic drug use.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pain is a common symptom in cancer patients, and its control and management are complex. Despite the high concomitant use of psychotropic drugs among such patients, the association among pain, inadequate pain control, and psychotropic drug use has not been fully determined. This study examined the prevalence of cancer pain and inadequate pain control and the association with psychotropic drug use.

Materials and methods

In this cross-sectional study, we investigated 402 medical records obtained by simple random sampling of oncology patients at a hospital in northern Spain from July 2012 to July 2014. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) were estimated together with their 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) by unconditional logistic regression for each type of psychotropic d

SUBMITTER: Paras-Bravo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5464574 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature