Personalized Pain Goal as an Outcome Measure in Routine Cancer Pain Assessment

Personalized pain goal is a feasible pain outcome measure in routine cancer pain management. Higher baseline pain intensity, depression, opioid dose, and number of adjuvant analgesics were predictors of poor pain relief.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - March 8, 2018 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Joseph Arthur, Kimberson Tanco, Minjeong Park, Ali Haider, Courtney Maligi, Shalini Dalal, Syed M.A. Naqvi, Diane Liu, Eduardo Bruera Source Type: research