Abstract
Pain self-management interventions for community-based patients with advanced cancer: a research programme including the IMPACCT RCT
Highlights
Each year in England and Wales, 150,000 people die from cancer, of whom 110,000 will suffer from cancer pain
Work package 2 – Patients with advanced cancer and their health professionals recognised the benefits of an electronic system to monitor pain, but had reservations about how such a system might work in practice
Work package 4 – A total of 161 oncology outpatients were randomised in our clinical trial, receiving either supported self-management (n = 80) or usual care (n = 81); their median survival from randomisation was 53 weeks
Summary
Each year in England and Wales, 150,000 people die from cancer, of whom 110,000 will suffer from cancer pain. Research highlights that cancer pain remains common, severe and undertreated, and may lead to hospital admissions. Distribution, reproduction and adaption in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. Original author(s), the publication source – NIHR Journals Library, and the DOI of the publication must be cited. Patients spend 65–80% of their last 6 months of life living at home (community-based patients). For these patients, pain remains common, severe and undertreated, and may lead to hospital admission
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