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02.08.2021 | Original Article

Congruence of pain perceptions between Black cancer patients and their family caregivers

verfasst von: Katherine A. Yeager, Haerim Lee, Jinbing Bai, Sudeshna Paul, Kalisha Bonds Johnson, Drenna Waldrop

Erschienen in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Ausgabe 1/2022

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Abstract

Purpose

This cross-sectional study evaluated congruence in pain assessment among Black cancer patients taking opioids for pain and their family caregivers and the effects of patient-reported depressive symptoms and cognitive complaints on the congruence.

Methods

Patient-reported pain scores (current, average, and worst pain severity and pain interference) and caregiver proxy scores were independently assessed (Brief Pain Inventory). Patient-reported depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-8) and cognitive complaints (Cognitive Difficulties Scale) were also assessed. Paired t-test, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and Bland–Altman (BA) plots were used to evaluate group and dyad level congruence in pain assessment. The influence of patient depressive symptoms and cognitive complaints on congruence was examined using bivariate analyses and BA plots.

Results

Among 50 dyads, 62% of patients and 56% of caregivers were female. Patients were older than caregivers (57 vs. 50 years, p = .008). Neither statistically significant (t-test) nor clinically relevant mean differences in pain severity and interference were found at a group level. At the dyad level, congruence was poor in pain now (ICC = 0.343) and average pain severity (ICC = 0.435), but moderate in worst pain severity (ICC = 0.694) and pain interference (ICC = 0.603). Results indicated better congruence in pain severity between patients with depressive symptoms and their caregivers, compared to patients without depressive symptoms. Patient CDS scores had no significant correlations with score differences between patients and caregivers in any pain variables.

Conclusion

Congruence varied depending on how the analysis was done. More information is needed to understand pain assessment between patients and caregivers.

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Titel: Congruence of pain perceptions between Black cancer patients and their family caregivers
verfasst von: Katherine A. Yeager
Haerim Lee
Jinbing Bai
Sudeshna Paul
Kalisha Bonds Johnson
Drenna Waldrop
Publikationsdatum: 02.08.2021
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Supportive Care in Cancer / Ausgabe 1/2022
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06448-7

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