An Observational Study of Pain Assessment and Treatment Adequacy of Emergency Cancer Pain

Tata Memorial Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: OBSERVE PAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01633463

emcap 2011

Details and patient eligibility

About

EMERGENCY CANCER PAIN DRAWS CANCER PATIENT TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR TREATMENT. HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN INCONSISTENCY AND INADEQUACY OF PAIN MANAGEMENT IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THIS STUDY OBSERVES THE STATUS OF PAIN ASSESSMENT AND ITS ADEQUACY IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN A TERTIARY CARE CANCER HOSPITAL.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ADULT CANCER PATIENTS REPORTING TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH COMPLAINTS OF PAIN

Exclusion criteria

• 1.PATIENTS BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE, 2. PATIENTS WITH INCOHERENT BEHAVIOUR.