Clinical characterization of pain and life quality in patients with malignant tumors
Introduction: cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. It is estimated that 90 % of patients with malignant tumors have uncontrolled pain, which significantly affects their quality of life. Objective: to characterize pain and the quality of life of patients with malignant tumors that...
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| author | Elys María Pedraza-Rodríguez Victor Ernesto González-Velázquez Jesús Ignacio Medina-Morales Lissi Lisbet Rodríguez-Rodríguez |
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| description | Introduction: cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. It is estimated that 90 % of patients with malignant tumors have uncontrolled pain, which significantly affects their quality of life.
Objective: to characterize pain and the quality of life of patients with malignant tumors that have uncontrolled pain.
Method: a cross-sectional descriptive observational study was performed in patients with histological diagnosis of cancer disease with uncontrolled pain who attended the multidisciplinary consultations of the Oncology Hospital “Dr. Celestino Hernández Robau” between the months of October 2017 to March 2018. A population of 267 patients was used, selecting a sample of 214 patients.
Results: the most frequent tumors were those of the digestive tract (32,2 %), among which mixed type pain (31,8 %) predominated. The most frequent type of pain among patients with malignant tumors was somatic (40,2 %). The pain was described as strong in 63,6 % of the patients. The episodic character prevailed over the permanent (58,9 %). Regarding general health, the majority of patients (85,0 %) defined it as bad and the overall quality of life was mostly evaluated as regular (51,4 %) and poor (44,8 %).
Conclusions: the most frequent type of pain was somatic, followed by mixed and visceral. As for the intensity it was mostly described as a strong pain, of episodic character. General health and overall quality of life was valued mostly as regular and bad. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5bbb98419f6b46a2bb1c4446ca952a372023-09-03T01:16:01ZengUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del RíoUniversidad Médica Pinareña1990-79902019-03-01152233241344Clinical characterization of pain and life quality in patients with malignant tumorsElys María Pedraza-Rodríguez0Victor Ernesto González-Velázquez1Jesús Ignacio Medina-Morales2Lissi Lisbet Rodríguez-Rodríguez3Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara. Facultad de Medicina. Villa Clara.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara. Facultad de Medicina. Villa Clara.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara. Facultad de Medicina.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara. Hospital Oncológico “Celestino Hernández Robau”Introduction: cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. It is estimated that 90 % of patients with malignant tumors have uncontrolled pain, which significantly affects their quality of life. Objective: to characterize pain and the quality of life of patients with malignant tumors that have uncontrolled pain. Method: a cross-sectional descriptive observational study was performed in patients with histological diagnosis of cancer disease with uncontrolled pain who attended the multidisciplinary consultations of the Oncology Hospital “Dr. Celestino Hernández Robau” between the months of October 2017 to March 2018. A population of 267 patients was used, selecting a sample of 214 patients. Results: the most frequent tumors were those of the digestive tract (32,2 %), among which mixed type pain (31,8 %) predominated. The most frequent type of pain among patients with malignant tumors was somatic (40,2 %). The pain was described as strong in 63,6 % of the patients. The episodic character prevailed over the permanent (58,9 %). Regarding general health, the majority of patients (85,0 %) defined it as bad and the overall quality of life was mostly evaluated as regular (51,4 %) and poor (44,8 %). Conclusions: the most frequent type of pain was somatic, followed by mixed and visceral. As for the intensity it was mostly described as a strong pain, of episodic character. General health and overall quality of life was valued mostly as regular and bad.http://revgaleno.sld.cu/index.php/ump/article/view/344dolorneoplasiascalidad de vida. |
| spellingShingle | Elys María Pedraza-Rodríguez Victor Ernesto González-Velázquez Jesús Ignacio Medina-Morales Lissi Lisbet Rodríguez-Rodríguez Clinical characterization of pain and life quality in patients with malignant tumors Universidad Médica Pinareña dolor neoplasias calidad de vida. |
| title | Clinical characterization of pain and life quality in patients with malignant tumors |
| title_full | Clinical characterization of pain and life quality in patients with malignant tumors |
| title_fullStr | Clinical characterization of pain and life quality in patients with malignant tumors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical characterization of pain and life quality in patients with malignant tumors |
| title_short | Clinical characterization of pain and life quality in patients with malignant tumors |
| title_sort | clinical characterization of pain and life quality in patients with malignant tumors |
| topic | dolor neoplasias calidad de vida. |
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