Assessment of pain/discomfort and their associated factors among cancer patients with chemotherapy in Bangladesh
 
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Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
 
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International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
 
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Health Education, Health and Recreation, Sport Science Faculty, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia
 
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Oncology department, Khwaja Yunus Ali Medical College and Hospital, Sirajgonj, Bangladesh
 
 
Publication date: 2023-04-27
 
 
Popul. Med. 2023;5(Supplement):A1542
 
ABSTRACT
Background and Objective: Cancer-related pain/discomfort might be a potential cause of persistent symptoms that have negative impacts or alter patients' quality of life (QOL). The aim of this study was to assess the pain/discomfort among cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in Bangladesh. Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 415 cancer patients using a convenient sampling technique. Adult cancer patients' socioeconomic and self-reported EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-Level (EQ-5D-5L) data were collected between January 2022 and April 2022. Frequency and percentages were used to represent descriptive analysis, and Chi-Square test was performed to assess possible influencing factors with pain/discomfort. Results: Among our respondent participants, 258 (68%) patients were in the age groups of 30-59 years, and most of them 272 (66%) were males. The majority 113 (27%) of the subjects was lung cancer, 169 (41%) had stage IV cancer, and 175 (42%) completed 3-4 chemotherapy cycles. In total, 131 (32%), 141 (34%), 85 (20%), and 47 (11%) patients reported slight, moderate, severe, and extreme pain/discomfort, respectively. The results showed significant associations of pain/discomfort with cancer stage (p<0.001), smokeless tobacco use (p<0.001), chemo cycle number (p=0.001), and work status (p=0.001). Conclusions: The majority of patients experienced pain or discomfort, which was associated with cancer stages, smokeless tobacco use, chemotherapy cycle number, and work status, resulting in a poor quality of life. We need to take the initiative in pain/discomfort management or health education interventions to reduce cancer survivors' pain or discomfort, which might enhance cancer survivors' QoL in the future.
ISSN:2654-1459
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