Impact d'un livret d'information sur la douleur destiné aux patients en oncologie thoracique

Translated title of the contribution: Impact of a brochure on pain destined for thoracic oncology patients

Fabrice Barlési, Florence Duffaud, Christophe Doddoli, Céline Gimenez, Pascal Auquier, Roger Favre, Jean Pierre Kleisbauer

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Abstract

Objective: To assess the impact of a brochure supplied on pain and analgesic treatment on the knowledge, attitude, belief and perception of patients consulting oncology departments. Method: A Prospective, comparative, study on patients consulting a thoracic oncology and a general oncology department, suffering from pain and motivating a treatment level ≥ to 2 (WHO scale). A group of patients having been given a brochure (case) was compared with a group who had not been given the brochure (controls). The assessment questionnaire, developed according top the KABP (Knowledge. Attitudes, Belief, Practice) method, was distributed to the 2 groups. A second assessment was made 4 weeks after in the patients having received the brochure. Visual analog scales (VAS) followed the intensity of the pain. Results: Twenty-one cases and 33 controls were assessed. There was no modification in their belief (risk of addiction) but an improvement in their knowledge (duration of action of morphine agents, management of treatment, multi-disciplinary management). This improvement in knowledge was accompanied by improved control of pain: 2/3 of the patients exhibited a VAS < 1 at the time of the second assessment versus 1/3 during the initial assessment. Conclusion: Improvement, if only partial, in the patients' knowledge of pain and its treatment using a brochure, is one of the routes for optimising the management of pain.

Translated title of the contributionImpact of a brochure on pain destined for thoracic oncology patients
Original languageFrench
Pages (from-to)1313-1318
Number of pages6
JournalPresse Medicale
Volume33
Issue number19 I
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Nov 2004
Externally publishedYes

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