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- Title
Characterizing Pain Experiences: African American patients with multiple myeloma taking around-the-clock opioids.
- Authors
Belcher, Sarah M.; Bruner, Deborah Watkins; Hofmeister, Craig C.; Kweon, Jaime; Meghani, Salimah H.; Yeager, Katherine A.
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: Despite known disparities by race, studies to date have not focused on pain characterization among African American patients with multiple myeloma. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to characterize the pain experience, beliefs about pain and pain control, and additional symptoms among African American patients with multiple myeloma taking around-the-clock opioids. METHODS: This study employed secondary analysis of baseline data from a completed longitudinal study of opioid adherence. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the sample, pain experience, beliefs regarding pain and pain control, and related symptoms. FINDINGS: Participants (N = 34) experienced everyday pain and additional symptoms, and half experienced depression. Pain management barriers included dislike of pills, fear of addiction, and bothersome side effects from pain and medication. Additional larger studies can incorporate multilevel factors contributing to high symptom burden.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTIC use of narcotics; ANALGESICS; BLACK people; CANCER pain; DRUGS; HEALTH attitudes; MULTIPLE myeloma; PATIENT compliance; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; PAIN management; SECONDARY analysis; DATA analysis software; PATIENTS' attitudes; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2020, Vol 24, Issue 5, p538
- ISSN
1092-1095
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1188/20.CJON.538-546