The Overview of Pain in Cancer Patients
- DOI
- 10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.020How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- pain, cancer, nursing
- Abstract
Pain is a major problem in cancer patients. The experience of pain is a multi-factorial phenomenon including sensory, cognitive, physiologic, affective, motivational, and behavioral dimensions. Hence, comprehensive assessment of pain is important in order to (provide) pain relieve intervention strategies. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches knowledge on cancer pain management is of extreme importance for healthcare providers dealing with cancer patients. Step-by-step pharmacological approaches in managing cancer pain based on pain intensity is important. Non-pharmacological approaches such as acupuncture, hypnosis, and imagery as complement of pharmacologies therapy provide beneficial effects for pain cancer relieve. However, future research on non-pharmacological approaches with rigorous trials is needed.
- Copyright
- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Wantonoro AU - Edy Suprayitno AU - Endang Koni Suryaningsih PY - 2021 DA - 2021/01/27 TI - The Overview of Pain in Cancer Patients BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health and Medical Sciences (AHMS 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 90 EP - 95 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.020 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.020 ID - 2021 ER -