Cancer Pain
Conditions
Interventions
Patient group:None (Non-interventional discrete choice experiment, questionnaire-based survey only)
Family caregiver group:None (Non-interventional discrete choice experiment, questionnaire-based survey only)
Sponsors
West China Hospital of Sichuan University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patient inclusion criteria: 1. Age >=18 years; 2. Diagnosed with malignant tumors through pathology or clinical diagnosis; 3. Patients with advanced cancer, including stage IV, recurrent, or metastatic tumors, or those judged by clinicians as unsuitable for radical treatment; 4. Experiencing cancer pain, defined as a Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) score >=3 in the past week, or currently receiving pain management related to cancer; 5. Able to understand and complete questionnaires; 6. Willing to participate in the study and sign informed consent. Family caregiver inclusion criteria: 1. Age >=18 years; 2. Recognized by the patient as the primary family caregiver; 3. Involved in the patient's daily care, medication management, or medical decision-making; 4. Able to understand and complete questionnaires; 5. Willing to participate in the study and sign informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patient Exclusion Criteria: 1. Presence of severe cognitive impairment, delirium, or mental disorder, making it impossible to complete the questionnaire; 2. Extremely unstable condition or deemed by the researcher as unsuitable for participation in the survey; 3. Unable to understand the Chinese questionnaire content; 4. Have already participated in the preliminary survey phase of this study. Family Caregiver Exclusion Criteria: 1. Presence of cognitive or communication impairment, making it impossible to complete the questionnaire; 2. Unable to understand the Chinese questionnaire content; 3. Participation in the survey is deemed by the researcher to potentially cause significant psychological burden or be inappropriate.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Relative importance of each attribute of multimodal cancer pain management services (%); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Willingness-to-pay (WTP) for each attribute level (CNY);Differences in preferences between patients and family caregivers;Predicted choice probabilities for different service packages; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactBixin Zheng
West China Hospital of Sichuan University
Outcome results
None listed