May 20, 2022
Pain And Mood Assessment in Cancer Patients In A Tertiary Care Hospital
- Pradyuman Singh Rajput1,
- Dhruv Patel1,
- Neel Modi1,
- Aakash Jirafe1,
- Dr Steffi John, PharmD1
- 1Department of Pharmacy Practice, SDPC, Kim, India
Protocol Citation: Pradyuman Singh Rajput, Dhruv Patel, Neel Modi, Aakash Jirafe, Dr Steffi John, PharmD 2022. Pain And Mood Assessment in Cancer Patients In A Tertiary Care Hospital. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.261gen9dog47/v1
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Created: May 20, 2022
Last Modified: May 20, 2022
Protocol Integer ID: 62930
Keywords: Cancer Pain, Mood, Assessment, Classification, Observation
Abstract
Cancer Patients often suffer from mixed aetiologies of pain referred to as cancer pain.
The study was conducted to assess various cause of pain with it's effect upon the mood of the patient.
Pain was measured quantitatively in the study using Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) for Pain and qualitatively using Edmonton Classification System for Cancer Pain (ECS-CP). While Mood for the patients were quantitatively assessed using Visual Analog Mood Scales (VAMS) which incorporates eight various moods generally observed in the population. The study focused upon the occurrence of pain in the cancer population while measuring the mood in the patients and finding correlation between both outcomes.
Guidelines
The Protocol was used upon the permission and NOC from the site of study i.e. tertiary care hospital.
Ethical guidelines were maintained and ethics approval from Institutional Ethics Committee was received. (Approval No. SDPC/IEC-02/01/2021)
Patient Privacy was maintained and carried out under the observation of hospital clinical pharmacist and an experienced radio-oncologist.
Procedure for VAS Pain:
1) Approaching the patient at suitable time.
2) Greeting the Patient and asking for the language of communication preferred.
3) Explaining the objectives and purpose of the study
4) Upon counselling, assessing the severity of pain orally and visually using the scale.
5) Reaching a concluding answer and marking the response in the data collection form.
Procedure for ECS-CP
1) Approaching patient documents for an overview of the patients condition.
2) With consultation of the attending physician, marking the responses on five parameters of the scale.
Procedure for VAMS
1) Mood is generally assessed upon conclusive results of the caretaker and the patient.
2) Each mood behaviour is openly discussed with both the stakeholders and the response is marked.
Materials
CRF.pdf Here, We have attached the instrument used for the study that collected data upon designated questionaire.Safety warnings
Avoid disturbing patients and follow good and ethical communication approach.
Before start
One must know in depth about the scales used in the study:
1) VAS Pain
2) ECS-CP
3) VAMS
The investigator should also know about the patient's condition using Medical Records of the patient for effective results and responses.
PRIOR REQUIREMENTS
PRIOR REQUIREMENTS
Equipping Investigator with Pre-Requisite counselling with the patient.
Investigator should know about the patient using Medication Records and attending nurse.
Data Collection
Data Collection
Collecting Demographics and Patient Vitals from Patient file.
Description of Cancer Diagnostics, Mode of treatment and pain management used
VAS Pain Assessment
Assessing Site, Onset and Duration of Pain with Comorbidities, exacerbating factors and relieving factors for pain.
ECS-CP Assessment
VMAS Assessment
Data Entry
Data Entry
Collecting the data on a structured dataset in SPSS
Finishing Collection based upon the effective Sample Size.
Data Analysis & Interpretation
Data Analysis & Interpretation
Performing Descriptive Statistical Tests using SPSS
Interpretation of Data