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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To compare patient reports of present and worst cancer-related pain intensity to the recalled intensity of several commonly experienced types of pain. DESIGN:A secondary analysis on baseline data from patients with cancer pain. SETTING:Tertiary-care facilities and patients' homes. Patients were enrolled between 1988 and 1995. SAMPLE:Patients who were diagnosed with either primary lung cancer or cancer metastatic to bone, able to read and write English, over 18 years of age, and able to provide written informed consent. The sample of 125 patients was 62% male with a mean age of 60 years (SD = 11). METHODS:Patients completed the McGill Pain Questionnaire as a baseline measure in a pain research study. Investigators conducted comparisons among pain intensity scores reported for present pain intensity and worst cancer pain with the worst toothache, headache, and stomachache ever experienced using the Stuart test of marginal homogeneity. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES:Present cancer pain intensity and worst toothache, headache, and stomachache pain intensity. FINDINGS:Only 14% of the subjects reported that their present pain intensity was distressing, horrible, or excruciating, but 83% of them reported that their worst cancer pain was at these levels. The subjects reported that they experienced (a) significantly more intense pain with their worst toothache than either their present pain intensity (p < 0.001) or their worst cancer pain (p < 0.001), (b) significantly more intense pain with their worst headache than their present pain intensity (p < 0.001), and (c) significantly more intense pain with their worst stomachache than their present pain intensity (p < 0.001). In contrast, subjects reported that their worst cancer pain was significantly more intense than their worst headache (p = 0.047) or stomachache (p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS:The findings suggest that present cancer pain is not only experienced at lower intensity levels than common pains, but at lower levels than expected by patients, their families, and the public. Consistent with common beliefs though, the worst cancer pain is severe and not adequately controlled for 9 out of 10 patients. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE:Healthcare professionals could use study findings to inspire hope in patients with lung cancer or bone metastasis and their families that present pain in cancer can be controlled successfully. Clinicians should devote greater efforts to relieve the worst cancer pain to levels achieved for the present pain experienced by people with cancer.
journal_name
Oncol Nurs Forumjournal_title
Oncology nursing forumauthors
Berry DL,Wilkie DJ,Huang HY,Blumenstein BAsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-05-01 00:00:00pages
721-6issue
4eissn
0190-535Xissn
1538-0688journal_volume
26pub_type
杂志文章abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To review historical and current research data on prevention and treatment of acute radiation dermatitis. DATA SOURCES:18 research trials and 1 case report published from 1967-2001 and 1 unpublished research trial from 1972. DATA SYNTHESIS:Washing the skin with mild soap and water and the hair with...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1188/04.ONF.237-247
更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To report the experience of a group of researchers who have had a year of experience in a clinical trial with homecare hospice patients. SAMPLE:150 hospice patients with cancer and their primary caregivers who were accrued to a National Cancer Institute-funded clinical trial focusing on quality of l...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1188/03.ONF.123-129
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper explores the existence and effects of ageism on cancer care of the elderly. Cancer-related care for the elderly patient has not been given appropriate attention. Many of our present attitudes are based on how history has treated the elderly. Screening programs often neglect individuals over 65 despite the i...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1991-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To (a) describe the types of transitions experienced by male spousal caregivers of women with breast cancer and the strategies used by male spouses to deal with these transitions and (b) examine factors related to their quality of life, including demographic variables, self-efficacy, caregiver guilt,...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1188/15.ONF.134-141
更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To describe nighttime sleep-wake patterns during a 12-hour night shift among school-age children with cancer receiving inpatient chemotherapy and relationships among nighttime sleep, environmental stimuli, medication doses, and symptoms during that shift. DESIGN:Exploratory, descriptive, multiple-ca...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1188/12.ONF.553-561
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To examine the reliability and validity of modified items from the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) for use in the understudied ambulatory oncology setting. DESIGN:Cross-sectional mailed survey using a modified Dillman method. SETTING:Southeastern United States. SAMPL...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1188/12.ONF.166-172
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To identify antecedents and consequences of social disconnection in African American women diagnosed with breast cancer as described in the extant literature. DATA SOURCES:Literature review using broad exploration of a personal database and informal exploration of databases such as MEDLINE®, as well...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1188/14.ONF.E28-E34
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To describe the method used in a multisite study of the meaning of oncology nursing from the oncology nurses' perspectives. DESIGN:Multi-institutional, descriptive, qualitative. SETTING:Six sites in different regions of the United States; rural and urban cancer and noncancer centers. SAMPLE:38 oncology nurse...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:1994-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To examine maternal parenting during the time when a mother is diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer from the mothers' and adolescent daughters' perspectives. RESEARCH APPROACH:Empirical phenomenologic. SETTING:Sites in Indiana and Arizona. PARTICIPANTS:8 mothers and 1 of their adolescent d...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1188/08.ONF.113-120
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To analyze cancer brochures to estimate their reading level and assess their readability. DESIGN:Quantitative. SAMPLE:10 cancer brochures published by various cancer organizations. METHODS:SMOG was used to estimate reading grade level of the brochures; the Readability Assessment Instrument (RAIN) ...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1188/03.ONF.867-870
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To describe social support from the perspective of Japanese women with breast cancer. DESIGN:Qualitative, descriptive, and interpretive. SETTING:Outpatient breast clinic at a cancer center in a metropolitan area in Japan. SAMPLE:Sixteen Japanese women diagnosed with stage I and II breast cancer wh...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To examine how the eHealth literacy of partners of patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer affects their involvement in decision making, and to identify the factors that influence their eHealth literacy. . DESIGN:Cross-sectional exploratory study. . SETTING:North Carolina. . SAMPLE:142 partn...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1011/17.ONF.225-233
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Purpose/Objectives: To examine relationships between capacity to direct attention and the quality-of-life (QOL) domains of psychological and physical well-being in breast cancer survivors.Design: Descriptive, correlational.Setting: National Cancer Institute-designated oncology and county hospital outpatient clinics in...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1188/09.ONF.326-334
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To provide evidence-based research information about 31 herbs and natural products that have shown potential in early research to decrease cancer growth or as adjuncts with cancer treatment. DATA SOURCES:Names of herbs and natural products with potential to decrease cancer growth have been selected ...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1188/04.ONF.E75-E90
更新日期:2004-07-13 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To present models for the payment of research subjects, pros and cons of each, and the application of ethical principles in the current environment. DATA SOURCES:Federal regulations and guidelines, current and historical research, and opinions expressed in the nursing, medical, bioethics, pharmacolo...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Flow cytometry is a method of rapidly analyzing large numbers of cells as they flow in a liquid medium through a laser source. Flow cytometry provides valuable information regarding DNA content, RNA content, and the percentage of cells in the S phase of the cell cycle. This information can be used to predict the aggre...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To identify the most appropriate outcome measures to determine the effectiveness of pain management plans in older adults with cancer. DATA SOURCES:PubMed literature searches, medical and nursing textbooks, and clinical experience. DATA SYNTHESIS:Unrelieved chronic pain can have a significant impac...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1188/10.ONF.S1.27-32
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To provide a review of glial neoplasms including histologic classification, signs and symptoms, diagnostic evaluation, treatment options, and nursing care. DATA SOURCES:Articles, books, proceedings of national meetings. DATA SYNTHESIS:Glial neoplasms vary according to prognosis and treatment option...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The purpose of this prospective phase II/III trial was to study the effect of therapy intensification when combining procarbazine, lomustine, and vincristine (PCV) chemotherapy with a standard course of radiation therapy (RT) on cognitive functioning for patients with World Health Organization grade 2 low-grade glioma...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1188/14.ONF.335-336
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To examine relationships between family primary caregiver characteristics and satisfaction with hospice care, quality of life (QOL), and burden. DESIGN:Exploratory, quantitative. SETTING:Five hospice organizations in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. SAMPLE:44 primary caregivers of patients e...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Current work environments in health care are hierarchical social systems built around disease-oriented medical goals and procedures. Expansion of biomedical technologies and cost-containment policies have increased the ethical concerns and problems of nurses and other providers. Yet, nurses often are not included as m...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hairy cell leukemia is a relatively rare but distinct B-cell lympho-proliferative disorder of the blood, bone marrow, and spleen that accounts for only 2% of all adult leukemia cases. The median age at presentation is 50-55 years, with a 4:1 male to female predominance. Although considered uncommon, a number of unusua...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1188/16.ONF.18-21
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To assess feasibility of using electronic health records for profiling multiple cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in women with breast cancer at diagnosis and five years post-treatment, and to explore relationships among CVD risk factors and breast cancer outcomes . DESIGN:Retrospective, des...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1188/15.ONF.E330-E338
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To explore Korean American women's symbolic meanings related to their breasts and cervix, to examine attitudes and beliefs about breast and cervical cancer, and to find relationships between the participants' beliefs and their cancer screening behaviors. RESEARCH APPROACH:Descriptive, qualitative an...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1188/07.ONF.713-720
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To better understand how personal factors, contextual factors, and cognitive appraisals predict quality of life. SAMPLE & SETTING:81 patients with a new diagnosis of cancer were recruited from two oncologists' offices in the midwestern United States. METHODS & VARIABLES:A longitudinal design was us...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1188/20.ONF.292-304
更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To advance the goals of evidence-based care and prioritize the knowledge generation that addresses contemporary challenges in oncology nursing. Results are used to inform the development of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Research Agenda and by the ONS Foundation to develop strategic research init...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1188/14.ONF.67-76
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To review clinical applications and nursing care activities for patients receiving cladribine, a synthetic antineoplastic agent used to treat lymphoid malignancies. DATA SOURCES:Clinical trial data, published articles, reports from oncology nurses, and personal observations. DATA SYNTHESIS:Cladribi...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To synthesize the literature regarding research on hope in adults with cancer. DATA SOURCES:CINAHL Plus® and PsycINFO databases. DATA SYNTHESIS:Sixteen articles published from 2005-2009 met the criteria for review. The literature was organized according to Oncology Nursing Society levels of evidenc...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1188/11.ONF.E341-E350
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To describe the most current trends in quality-of-life (QOL) research in cervical cancer survivors and to discuss directions for future research. DATA SOURCES:A literature search was conducted among five electronic databases using the terms cervical or cervix cancer, quality of life, survivors, surv...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1188/11.ONF.E107-E117
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The primary goal of the thousands of registered trials in cancer research is to extend survival. With evaluation of efficacy, safety, and tolerability, healthcare providers must ensure that the principles described in the Belmont Report are upheld and that patients are truly informed when signing a consent form. In th...
journal_title:Oncology nursing forum
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1188/16.ONF.694-696
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00