Background

Cancer patients frequently experience unrelieved pain as a significant symptom. However, several studies have found that cancer‐related pain is frequently undertreated.

Purpose

This study aimed to understand the pain experiences of cancer patients who were newly engaged in a multidisciplinary pain management program (PMP) at King Hussein Cancer Centre and still receiving cancer treatments and cancer pain management.

Methods

A qualitative study design and semi‐structured interviews were used to obtain data from 21 cancer patients who were purposefully selected. All patients had advanced cancer, including skeleton metastases. All female participants had breast cancer, and all male participants had prostate cancer.

Results

It was found that the patient−healthcare professional relationship and satisfaction with services emerged as two themes in healthcare professionals' pain …

Title

Nursing Forum

Publisher

Wiley Online Library

Publisher Country

United States of America

Indexing

Scopus

Impact Factor

None

Publication Type

Both (Printed and Online)

Volume

57

Year

2022

Pages

773-784