Background

Cancer patients frequently experience unrelieved pain as a significant symptom. However, several studies have found that cancer‐related pain is frequently undertreated.

Purpose

This study aimed to understand the pain experiences of cancer patients who were newly engaged in a multidisciplinary pain management program (PMP) at King Hussein Cancer Centre and still receiving cancer treatments and cancer pain management.

Methods

A qualitative study design and semi‐structured interviews were used to obtain data from 21 cancer patients who were purposefully selected. All patients had advanced cancer, including skeleton metastases. All female participants had breast cancer, and all male participants had prostate cancer.

Results

It was found that the patient−healthcare professional relationship and satisfaction with services emerged as two themes in healthcare professionals' pain …

العنوان

Nursing Forum

الناشر

Wiley Online Library

بلد الناشر

الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية

Indexing

Scopus

معامل التأثير

None

نوع المنشور

Both (Printed and Online)

المجلد

57

السنة

2022

الصفحات

773-784