Psychological Barriers to the Use of Opioid Analgesics for Treating Pain in Patients With Advanced Recurrent Cancer: A Multicenter Cohort Study.
Takehiko TsunoTakashi KawaguchiRyota YanaizumiJunichi KondoKeiko KojimaTakashi IgarashiMasaki InoueTomofumi MiuraAkime MiyasatoKanako AzumaHiroshi HamadaTomoya SaekiHironori MawatariHiroyuki OguraAkira KotaniTakuhiro YamaguchiHideki HakamataPublished in: Palliative medicine reports (2024)
This study showed that patients with advanced recurrent cancer have psychological barriers to opioid induction. The relationship between the presence of psychological barriers before and after induction of opioid analgesics and the speed of pain improvement was determined. The results may provide fundamental information for prospective intervention studies to develop individualized education programs for patients with psychological barriers to opioids.Clinical Trial Registration Number UMIN000042443.