Chronic Cancer Pain, Pain Management
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this observational study is to observe the effectiveness of pain management strategies in patients with chronic cancer pain presenting to pain management clinic at Aga Khan University. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: * What is the overall effectiveness of pain management techniques in patients with chronic cancer pain? * What is the character and severity of pain? * What is the frequency of pain intervention procedures?
Interventions
OTHERPharmacological and pain Intervention procedure
Pain interventions ranges from pharmacological treatments including non-opioid analgesics, opioids and adjuvant analgesics to pain interventional procedures.
Sponsors
Aga Khan University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* All adult patients * Patients with chronic cancer pain
Exclusion criteria
* Patients lost to follow-up after the initial visit.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient reported NRS score | Patient reported NRS score will be recorded at baseline, and subsequent visit (till maximum three months) in the pain management clinic. | Numeric Rating Score (NRS) is an 11-point scale with scores ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst imaginable pain), with higher scores indicating greater pain severity and therefore a worse outcome. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Character of chronic pain | At baseline and the follow-up visit ( till maximum three months) to the pain management clinic. | Patients will be asked to describe the character (quality) of the pain they are experiencing e.g., burning, sharp, pricking, electric-shock-like. |
| Frequency of pain intervention procedure | At the end of three months. | Pain intervention procedures undertaken by pain specialists for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes for the management of cancer pain |
Countries
Pakistan
Outcome results
None listed