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- Title
Pain Intensity and Pain Management of Hospitalized Patients With Cancer: An Opportunity for Improvement.
- Authors
Overcash, Janine; Hanes, Deborah; Birkhimer, Danette; Askew, Taletha
- Abstract
About 73% of patients diagnosed with cancer report poor pain management. The purpose of this study was to evaluate pain intensity and the extent to which pain was controlled, and based on the findings, to pose options for improving pain management for hospitalized patients with cancer.
- Subjects
OHIO; PREVENTIVE medicine; CANCER treatment; HOSPITAL patients; NURSING research; PAIN; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SPECIALTY hospitals; PAIN measurement; PATIENTS' attitudes; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2013, Vol 17, Issue 4, p365
- ISSN
1092-1095
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1188/13.CJON.365-368