Research Article
Cancer Pain Management and Pain Interference with Daily Functioning among Cancer Patients in Gondar University Hospital
Table 1
Characteristics and clinical data of the study population in Oncology Department of Gondar University Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia.
| | Demographic and clinical data | Number (%) |
| | Total number of study population, | 83 | | Age in years, median (range) | 50 (18–72) | | Sex (male) | 42 (50.6) | | Occupational status | | Student | 5 (6) | | Government employee | 18 (21.7) | | Merchant | 11 (13.3) | | Farmer | 33 (39.8) | | Private work | 12 (14.5) | | None | 4 (4.8) | | Level of education | | Illiterate | 42 (50.6) | | Primary school | 18 (21.7) | | Secondary school | 13 (15.7) | | College/university | 10 (12) | | Site of cancer | | Genitourinary cancer | 21 (25.3) | | Gastrointestinal cancer | 19 (22.9) | | Breast cancer | 18 (21.7) | | Head and neck cancer | 6 (7.2) | | Bronchopulmonary cancer | 4 (4.8) | | Follicular lymphoma | 4 (4.8) | | Cancer of unknown primary | 4 (4.8) | | Others | 7 (8.4) | | Tumor stage | | Stage 1 | 7 (8.4) | | Stage 2 | 20 (24.1) | | Stage 3 | 37 (44.6) | | Stage 4 | 19 (22.9) | | Metastasis (present) | 19 (22.9) | | Hx of cancer treatment modality | | Chemotherapy | 61 (73.5) | | Surgery | 5 (6) | | Combination | 17 (20.5) | | Comorbidity (present) | 16 (19.3) | | Number of all medications prescribed, mean ± SD | 5.98 (±1.19) | | Number of analgesics prescribed, median (range) | 0 (0,3) | | Types of analgesic | | No analgesics | 50 (60.2) | | Nonopioids ± adjuvant | 15 (18.1) | | Weak opioids ± nonopioids ± adjuvant | 14 (16.9) | | Strong opioids ± nonopioids ± adjuvant | 4 (4.8) | | Hx of any pain (yes) | 71 (85.5) | | Types of pain () | | Nociceptive pain | 33 (43.4) | | Neuropathic pain | 17 (21.7) | | Mixed | 26 (34.9) |
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