Effects of Good Pain Management (GPM) ward program on patterns of care and pain control in patients with cancer pain in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The undertreatment of cancer pain is a global issue although many international guidelines and various studies bloom to explore the approaches in pain management. However, there is no standard care for cancer pain in routine practices. To set up a standardized procedure for improving cancer pain management in Taiwan, the Good Pain Management (GPM) program is explored to provide treatments following the US National Cancer Care Network (NCCN) Adult Cancer Pain Guideline.

Method

Patients diagnosed with moderate-to-severe cancer pain were eligible and randomized into the GPM or control arm and observed the first 48 h to evaluate the effects of pain management between 2 arms. Pain control, adequacy of treatments, patient satisfaction, and quality of life (QoL) of eligi

SUBMITTER: Su WC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7892517 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature