Pain is a common symptom in cancer patients, restricts daily life activities and reduces
survival time. Identification of sociodemographic, medical and psychological correlates
of pain among cancer patients in Germany could help identify subgroups most in need of
pain management. In this multicenter, epidemiologic cross-sectional study, we assessed
pain prevalence and severity, quality of life (QoL) and psychological distress in a sample
of 3,745 cancer patients across all tumor entities. In total, 37.9% patients suffered from
cancer-related pain and 56.1% suffered from non-specific pain. Younger, female, less
educated and unemployed patients reported pain more frequently and more severe
pain (p < 0.001). Pain was associated with distress, depression, anxiety, QoL, tumor
stage (p < 0.001), and time since diagnosis (p = 0.012). Pain assessment and pain
management should be a routine part of cancer treatment and cancer survivorship
care plans.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:89048 |
| Date | 16 January 2024 |
| Creators | Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Anja |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 703165 |
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