Table 3. Analgesics prescribed for the 475 cancer patients.
| Analgesicsprescribed | Pain level on admission [cases (%)] |
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| Control group |
GPM |
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| Mild | Moderate | Severe | Total | Mild | Moderate | Severe | Total | |
| No analgesic | 7 (46.7) | 5 (8.9) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (13.0) | 10 (21.3) | 4 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (9.7) |
| Non-opioid | 7 (46.7) | 11 (19.6) | 1 (4.8) | 19 (20.7) | 33 (70.2) | 3 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | 36 (24.8) |
| Weak opioid | 1 (6.7) | 31 (55.4) | 4 (19.0) | 36 (39.1) | 4 (8.5) | 33 (45.8) | 3 (11.5) | 40 (27.6) |
| Strong opioid | 0 (0.0) | 9 (16.1) | 16 (76.2) | 25 (27.2) | 0 (0.0) | 32 (44.4) | 23 (88.5) | 55 (37.9) |
| Total | 15 (16.3) | 56 (60.9) | 21 (22.8) | 92 | 47 (32.4) | 72 (49.7) | 26 (17.9) | 145 |