Prevalence and characteristics of breakthrough pain in cancer patients: a pilot study

• Kishino Megumi

  Department of Palliative Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

• Kizawa Yoshiyuki

  Department of Palliative Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

• Sato Yuko

  Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University

• Miyashita Mitsunori

  Division of Palliative Nursing, Health Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine

• Morita Tatsuya

  Palliative and Supportive Care Division, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital

• Hosokawa Toyoshi

  Department of Pain Management and Palliative Care Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine/Pain Treatment and Palliative Care Unit, University Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 大学病院入院中のがん患者の突出痛の頻度に関する予備調査

Abstract

The aim of this study was to clarify the prevalence and characteristics of breakthrough pain in cancer patients. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of consecutive patients older than 20 years of age admitted to a University Hospital with a cancer diagnosis Breakthrough pain was defined as meeting all of the following criteria： Pain 1）with background pain present most of the time, 2）which is well controlled, 3）with short-lived episodes of exacerbation. One hundred and sixty-nine patients were recruited and 118（69.8％）completed the survey. Of these 118 patients, 11％（95％CI：7–18％）had breakthrough pain. Breakthrough pain occurred in 23％（14–35％）of patients with cancer-related pain and 29％（17–45％）of patients with pain from the cancer itself. Patients reported episodes occurring up to three times a day,a time to peak intensity of within 5 minutes, and a duration of untreated episodes of up to 15 minutes are 54％（29–77％）, 54％（29–77％）, 54％（29–77％）, respectively.

Journal

• Palliative Care Research

  Palliative Care Research 10 (3), 155-160, 2015

  Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine

Keywords

• cancer patients
• breakthrough pain
• general ward
• university hospital

Details

• CRID: 1390282680234094336
• NII Article ID: 130005089501
• DOI: 10.2512/jspm.10.155
• ISSN: 18805302
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jspm/10/3/10_155/_pdf
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2016265224
• Text Lang: ja
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