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A nurse led educational intervention for cancer pain management was effective in cancer patients in ambulatory settings
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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
Design:
randomised controlled trial.
Allocation:
{concealed}.*
Blinding:
blinded {healthcare providers}*.
Follow up period:
1 week.
Setting:
ambulatory oncology clinics at 2 tertiary hospitals in Australia.
Patients:
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 …