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[Pain in the dying patient].
Bodil Abild Jespersen1, Mette Asbjørn Neergaard
1bojesp@rm.dk.
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|June 27, 2017
Summary
More than half of patients with advanced chronic illnesses experience pain in their final days. However, few report unbearable pain, highlighting a need for better symptom management education for dying patients.
Area of Science:
- Palliative Care
- Pain Management
- End-of-Life Care
Background:
- Pain is a common symptom in advanced chronic illnesses.
- Understanding pain prevalence and intensity near the end of life is limited.
- This knowledge gap impacts care for terminally ill patients.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the prevalence and intensity of pain in the final days of life for patients with advanced chronic illnesses.
- To identify the need for improved education on symptom management for dying patients.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of studies on pain in advanced chronic illnesses.
- Analysis of pain prevalence and intensity data in the last days of life.
Main Results:
- Over half of patients with cancer or non-malignant diseases experience pain near death.
- A small proportion of these patients report unbearable pain.
- Significant knowledge gaps exist regarding end-of-life pain.
Conclusions:
- Pain management education for dying patients should be compulsory in medical schools.
- Further research is needed to enhance understanding of end-of-life pain.
- Improved training can lead to better palliative care and symptom control.
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