癌症病人及其家屬對癌痛及其影響感受之比較

Differences in Perceptions of cancer pain between cancer outpatients and their family caregivers

本研究的目的在瞭解家屬與病人對病人癌痛及其影響感受的差異，採描述相關性之研究設計，以簡明疼痛評估量表結構式問卷收集55對癌症疼痛病人及其家屬的資料。研究結果顯示門診癌症病人最劇烈疼痛達到中度有意義的強度，尤其離婚與喪偶的病人較未婚病人有顯著較高的最劇烈癌痛感受，而家屬的年齡愈小對病人的癌痛感受愈強；在訪談當時的疼痛感受家屬顯著較病人高，而疼痛緩解程度的感受家屬也顯著較病人高，但在疼痛緩解程度上雙方並無顯著相關；家屬感受癌痛對病人睡眠的影響顯著高於病人。此研究發現可做為門診病人及家屬疼痛控制考慮的因素，而進一步改善病人的疼痛控制。The purpose of this descriptive correlative study was to explore the differences in experiences of cancer pain and pain affection between outpatients and their caregivers. Fifty-five dyads of patients and their caregivers participated in the study. The instrument used in the study was the 'Brief Pain Inventory.'