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Developing and implementing a pain management benchmark.

Ann Chandler1, Fiona Kinnaird, Miriam Wood

  • 1Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London.

Nursing Times
|October 18, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Effective cancer pain management is achievable for 80-90% of patients using World Health Organization (WHO) analgesic guidelines. However, current clinical practice often fails to achieve this, necessitating continuous review and improvement of pain relief strategies.

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Area of Science:

  • Oncology
  • Pain Management
  • Palliative Care

Background:

  • Cancer pain is a common and often debilitating symptom for patients undergoing treatment.
  • Pain can arise from the cancer itself or from medical interventions like surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy.
  • Existing World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines offer a framework for effective cancer pain relief.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the discrepancy between achievable cancer pain relief and current clinical outcomes.
  • To emphasize the need for continuous evaluation and enhancement of pain management practices in oncology.

Main Methods:

  • Review of established World Health Organization (WHO) analgesic guidelines for cancer pain.
  • Analysis of the gap between guideline recommendations and routine clinical practice outcomes.

Main Results:

  • The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines indicate that 80-90% of cancer patients can achieve effective pain relief.
  • Routine clinical practice frequently falls short of providing adequate pain management for patients with cancer.

Conclusions:

  • There is a significant unmet need in optimizing cancer pain management.
  • Continuous review and improvement of clinical practices are essential to align with established effective analgesic guidelines.

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