Relationship Between Adherence to Opioid Analgesics and Pain Beliefs Among Patients with Cancer Pain at Tertiary Care Hospitals in Malaysia.

beliefs cancer pain compliance opioid analgesic

Journal

Patient preference and adherence
ISSN: 1177-889X
Titre abrégé: Patient Prefer Adherence
Pays: New Zealand
ID NLM: 101475748

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 24 03 2020
accepted: 20 06 2020
entrez: 28 8 2020
pubmed: 28 8 2020
medline: 28 8 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Pain is a common and distressing symptom among cancer patients. Opioid analgesics are the mainstay of cancer pain management, and adequate adherence plays an important role in achieving good pain control. To determine the level of adherence to opioid analgesics in patients with cancer pain and to identify factors that may influence the adherence. This was a cross-sectional study conducted from March to June 2018 at two tertiary care hospitals in Malaysia. Study instruments consisted of a set of validated questionnaires; the Medication Compliance Questionnaire, Brief Pain Inventory and Pain Opioid Analgesic Beliefs─Cancer scale. A total of 134 patients participated in this study. The patients' adherence scores ranged from 52-100%. Factors with a moderate, statistically significant negative correlation with adherence were negative effect beliefs (r The overall adherence to opioid analgesics among Malaysian patients with cancer pain was good. Negative effects beliefs regarding cancer pain and opioids strongly predicted adherence.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32848370
doi: 10.2147/PPA.S255289
pii: 255289
pmc: PMC7429214
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

1411-1419

Informations de copyright

© 2020 Kan et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have no financial or other conflict of interest to disclose. This study was not funded by any organisation.

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Auteurs

Elaine Kan (E)

Pharmacy Department, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Centre of Quality Management of Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Suzana Mustafa (S)

Pharmacy Department, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Wei Wen Chong (WW)

Centre of Quality Management of Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Chandini Menon Premakumar (CM)

Centre of Quality Management of Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Noraida Mohamed Shah (N)

Centre of Quality Management of Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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