Role of education in alleviating worries about pain in cancer patients

Objective To evaluate the role of education in alleviating worries about pain in cancer patients. Methods Worries about pain in 100 cancer patients from Jiangxi Provincial People′s Hospital were investigated.Worries about pain,scores of pain,and satisfaction degree and drug dependence of these patients were compared.Factors influencing worries about pain were analyzed. Results The average score of worries about pain was 2.3±0.37 for cancer patients.The worries about pain were related with the age and pain score of cancer patients and the worries about pain of their relatives.The total score of worries about pain and analgetics-related worries about pain were significantly lower and the satisfaction degree was significantly higher after education than before education.No significant difference was observed between pain score and drug dependence. Conclusion Worries about pain are common in cancer patients during treatment with analgetics.Education on pain can reduce their worries about analgestics and improve their satisfaction to the treatment with analgestics.