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A nurse led educational intervention for cancer pain management was effective in cancer patients in ambulatory settings

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.8.1.17

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    Yates P, Edwards H, Nash R, et al. A randomized controlled trial of a nurse-administered educational intervention for improving cancer pain management in ambulatory settings. Patient Educ Couns 2004;53:227–37.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q In cancer patients in ambulatory settings, is a nurse led, individualised educational intervention for overcoming attitudinal and behavioural barriers to cancer pain management effective?

    METHODS

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    randomised controlled trial.

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    {concealed}.*

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    blinded {healthcare providers}*.

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    1 week.

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    ambulatory oncology clinics at 2 tertiary hospitals in Australia.

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    189 patients ⩾18 years of age (66% women, mean age 56 y) who had cancer and had experienced cancer related pain greater than everyday pain in the previous 2 weeks or who had been ordered to receive an opioid for cancer pain relief, or both, and who …

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    • ↵* Information provided by author.

    • For correspondence: Dr P Yates, Center for Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. p.yatesqut.edu.au

    • Source of funding: National Health and Medical Research Council.