Pain
Conditions
Keywords
Pain, Cancer pain, Self-reported pain scoring tool, Opioid analgesics
Brief summary
The purpose of this survey is to investigate the usefulness of a patient self-reported scoring tool on patient satisfaction improvement.
Interventions
This is an observational study with no investigational drug administered.
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Patients who have no experience with the study self-reported pain scoring tool * Patients who are able to understand and answer the pain scoring tool questions * Patients admitted to a hospital for more than 5 days due to cancer pain * Patients for whom their pain managing physicians completed the medical staff's survey
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who cannot answer the questions due to cognitive impairments
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient satisfaction with the control of cancer-related pain | At baseline | Patients will answer on a 7-point scale how satisfied they feel about their cancer pain treatment. The scale scores range from 1 (not at all satisfied) to 7 (very much satisfied). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient perception of pain | At baseline | Patients will answer on an 11-point scale how much pain they feel. The scales scores range from 0 (no pain at all) to 10 (pain as bad as you can imagine). |
| Patient pain assessment by medical staff | At baseline | The patient's physician will mark on an 11-point scale the intensity of the patient pain. The scale scores range from 0 (no pain at all) to 10 (pain as bad as you can imagine). |