Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkish Journal of Cancer, cilt.34, sa.3, ss.114-117, 2004 (Scopus)
The aim of this study is to evaluate the opinions of patients with cancer related pain about analgesics, by using a questionnaire. All patients with chronic cancer pain were given questionnaires by the primary physicians who have been treating them. One hundred eleven cancer patients with median age of 52 years (range: 21-75) were entered the study. The pain was relieved completely by analgesics in only 50 patients (45%). Thirty-one (27,9%) patients took the prescribed analgesics regularly. Forty (36%) patients believed frequent uses will lead to addiction to analgesics. Significant positive correlation was observed between using narcotic analgesics and regular use of them (p=0.024) plus patients belief of improvement and good communication with physician (p=0.03).