Evidence Based Practice in Management of Cancer Pain
Evidence Based –Health Care and Social Care 2
Critical appraisal of Outcome Measure (BPI) for Cancer related pain and the use of this outcome measure (BPI) in the effective management of Cancer Pain
12-05-2008
Contents
- Introduction
- Brief Pain Inventory.
- Psychometric Properties of the BPI
- Is BPI user centered?
- Conclusions
-References
- Appendices
Introduction
Outcome measure is one of the three components of clinical evaluation. The use of outcome measures provides objectivity to anyone interested in the evidence of effectiveness of intervention (Corr and Siddons. 2005). Indeed, it has been said that quality health care can only be provided if evidence on best practice is proffered, and this helps practitioners identify the unambiguous outcome of effective occupational therapy services (Law et al. 2001). Measurement enables practitioners and healthcare professionals in particular, to make informed choices and ensure that their services are put to their most appropriate use. This paper will deal with one of the types of outcome measures, namely symptom, and particular, pain among cancer patients as well as a method of measuring the effectiveness of intervention (or lack of it) will be examined in detail.
Pain is a symptom frequently experienced by patients with cancer, which can impact significantly on the patient’s quality of life (Oncology Nursing Society 2006). Effective pain management requires an integrated approach, combining regular pain assessments with pharmacological (e.g. the use of analgesics and pain modifiers) and non-pharmacological measures (e.g. massage or other complementary therapies) (Davis and Walsh 2004). Because of their close contact with patients during their entire period of care, nurses play a key role in the management of pain in patients with cancer (Oncology Nursing Society 2006).
Critical appraisal of Outcome Measure (BPI) for Cancer related pain and the use of this outcome measure (BPI) in the effective management of Cancer Pain
12-05-2008
Contents
- Introduction
- Brief Pain Inventory.
- Psychometric Properties of the BPI
- Is BPI user centered?
- Conclusions
-References
- Appendices
Introduction
Outcome measure is one of the three components of clinical evaluation. The use of outcome measures provides objectivity to anyone interested in the evidence of effectiveness of intervention (Corr and Siddons. 2005). Indeed, it has been said that quality health care can only be provided if evidence on best practice is proffered, and this helps practitioners identify the unambiguous outcome of effective occupational therapy services (Law et al. 2001). Measurement enables practitioners and healthcare professionals in particular, to make informed choices and ensure that their services are put to their most appropriate use. This paper will deal with one of the types of outcome measures, namely symptom, and particular, pain among cancer patients as well as a method of measuring the effectiveness of intervention (or lack of it) will be examined in detail.
Pain is a symptom frequently experienced by patients with cancer, which can impact significantly on the patient’s quality of life (Oncology Nursing Society 2006). Effective pain management requires an integrated approach, combining regular pain assessments with pharmacological (e.g. the use of analgesics and pain modifiers) and non-pharmacological measures (e.g. massage or other complementary therapies) (Davis and Walsh 2004). Because of their close contact with patients during their entire period of care, nurses play a key role in the management of pain in patients with cancer (Oncology Nursing Society 2006).
References: Validity Validity relates to whether an instrument measures what it intends to measure, and the degree of confidence that the user can have in the results obtained when using the instrument (Corr and Siddons 2005) Responsiveness The responsiveness of an instrument relates to how sensitive the instrument is at detecting meaningful and clinically important changes over time, which forms an important part of an instrument’s validity (Portney and Watkins 2000) Cheung, J.W.Y. Wong, T.K.S. Yang, J.C.S. 2000. "The Lens Model Assessment of Cancer Pain" Cancer Nursing 23 ;6: 454-461 Cleeland, C Corr, S. & Siddons, L. 2005, ‘An introduction to the selection of outcome measures’, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 202–6. Davis, M. P. and Walsh, D. 2004, ‘Cancer pain: how to measure the fifth vital sign’, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, vol. 71, no. 8, pp. 625–32. Daut, R. L., Cleeland, C. S., Flanery, R. C. 1983, ‘Development of the Wisconsin Brief Pain Questionnaire to assess pain in cancer and other diseases’, Pain, vol. 17, pp. 197–210. De Conno, F. Caraceni, A. 1996. “Manuals of Cancer Pain.” New York, Springer. Erdek, M.A. Pronovost, P.J. 2004. "Improving Assessment and Treatment of Pain in the Critically Ill". International Journal for Quality in Health Care 16 ;1: 59-64 Fortner, B Iersal, T. Timmerman, D. Mullie, A. 2006. "Introduction of a pain scale for Palliative care patients with cognitive impairment". International Journal of Palliative Nursing 12;2:54-59 Jensen, M