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  • Nursing Informatics
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
  • Pain Management

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  • Cancer pain management presents challenges, particularly for ethnic minority patients.
  • Existing decision support systems may not adequately address cultural nuances in pain perception and reporting.
  • Nurses require effective tools to navigate complex cancer pain scenarios.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a fuzzy logic-based decision support system (DSS) for nurses managing cancer pain.
  • To enhance pain management strategies for ethnic minority cancer patients.
  • To integrate patient data and expert feedback into an adaptive DSS.

Main Methods:

  • Two-phase study: data collection and DSS development.
  • Internet surveys (428 patients) and online forums (120 participants) gathered ethnic-specific cancer pain data.
  • Developed a DSS with knowledge base, decision, and self-adaptation modules, incorporating fuzzy logic and ethnic-specific algorithms.
  • Conducted a 3-month evaluation with oncology nurses, integrating their feedback for refinement.

Main Results:

  • Collected and processed diverse datasets into fuzzy and crisp formats.
  • Developed ethnic-specific algorithms for the decision module.
  • The DSS demonstrated adaptability and refinement through the self-adaptation module and nurse feedback.
  • The system was enhanced with components suggested by oncology nurses.

Conclusions:

  • A novel fuzzy logic DSS was successfully developed to support cancer pain management decisions.
  • The system shows potential for improving culturally sensitive pain care for ethnic minority populations.
  • The adaptive nature of the DSS allows for continuous improvement based on real-world data and user input.