Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published online 2016-9
The Association Between Pain and Quality of Life for Patients With Cancer in an Outpatient Clinic,an Inpatient Oncology Ward,and Inpatient Palliative Care Units
This study was designed to clarify the association between pain and quality of life (QOL) of Japanese patients with cancer using a cancer-specific QOL scale (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer [EORTC] QLQ-C15-PAL) in 3 care settings (outpatient, inpatient, and palliative care units [PCUs]).
Methods:
We examined the above-mentioned purpose for the total of 404 patients.
Results:
In outpatients, physical, emotional functioning (EF), and global health status/QOL (QL item) were significantly correlated with average pain, and their correlation coefficients were −0.37 to −0.46 (P < .0001). In inpatients, they were −0.33 (P = .006), −0.26 (P = .030), and −0.31 (P = .012). In the PCU patients, they were −0.12 (P = .316), −0.30 (P = .009), and −0.28 (P = .015).
Conclusion:
Patients’ pain had an association with physical and emotional QOL, and the association was smaller in the PCU patients than the others.
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