Pain Acceptance and Its Associated Factors among Cancer Patients in Mainland China: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Conclusions: The findings suggest that the prevalence of pain acceptance is relatively low for Chinese cancer patients. The cancer pain acceptance is affected by age, gender, pain duration, number of pain sites, and duration of taking analgesics. The acceptance of cancer pain is negatively correlated with depression and anxiety. Therefore, patients with risk factors for low pain acceptance should receive more attention in Chinese medical settings.
PMID: 30906486 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Pain Research and Management - March 26, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Xu X, Ou M, Xie C, Cheng Q, Chen Y Tags: Pain Res Manag Source Type: research