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Published on: January 5, 2024
Multimodal Interprofessional Adult Cancer Pain Management: An Integrative Review
Kelly Preti1, Rita D'Aoust2, Anna Song Beeber3
1Kelly Preti.
Problem Identification:
Poorly controlled cancer pain leads to increased morbidity and decreased quality of life. This integrative review aims to strengthen cancer pain management practices by identifying the effectiveness of multimodal interprofessional pain management (MIPM) in treating cancer pain, current MIPM practices, and barriers and facilitators to implementation.
Methods:
The following three databases were searched for literature exploring MIPM in the oncologic setting: PubMed®, CINAHL®, and Embase®.
Data Evaluation:
This integrative review included 16 articles published from 2013 to 2023 that explored the use of MIPM in adult patients with cancer.
Synthesis:
Adult patients with cancer receiving MIPM reported reduced pain intensity or interference. With MIPM, the number of patients reporting moderate to severe pain or undertreated pain decreased, and the number of patients reporting adequate pain management increased. In addition, patients receiving MIPM reported improvements in physical and psychosocial cancer-related symptoms.
Implications For Nursing:
The components of MIPM are recommended to be used in conjunction with each other for optimal patient outcomes. To optimize the use of MIPM, improving provider knowledge and interprofessional care coordination and communication is warranted.
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