Improving opioid analgesics use in Cancer by using media tools addressing selected barriers.
- Conditions
- Cancer
- Registration Number
- PACTR202101898000346
- Lead Sponsor
- Academy of scientific research and technology
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 104
Patients and caregivers should be adults above 18 years old.
Patients should fulfill the following criteria:
- Self-report a diagnosis of cancer and present at least one prescription for opioid analgesia.
- Report they have been experiencing pain for more than 1 month.
The main caregiver should self-report being the member attending the clinic with the patient, and being actively involved in pain evaluation and analgesic use at home.
In case of patients and/or the main caregivers being illiterate, the questionnaires written templates will be administered by the researcher without any rewording or rephrasing. This is to simulate conditions as if the patient/carer would read the questionnaires by him/herself.
- Patients or caregivers who report receiving a form of pain information, whether at the time of the study or within 3 previous months.
- Radiotherapy planned or received within the last two weeks before inclusion.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Practice change represented by withholding treatment of the opioid analgesic.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Attitudinal barriers;BPI pain scores reported by patients if capable