Table 8.
Relationship among pain-related parameters and adequacy of management and pain interference at the ACSH oncology unit, Mekelle, Ethiopia, April 2019 (n = 91).
| Adequacy of treatment, n (%) | Association | Pain functioning interference n (%) | Association | ||||
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| Adequate | Inadequate | X 2, p value | No/mild | Moderate/severe | X 2, p value | ||
| History of pain | 5.716, 0.017 | 19.395, 0.000∗∗∗ | |||||
| Present | 44 (48.4) | 26 (28.6) | 10 (11.0) | 60 (65.9) | |||
| Absent | 7 (7.7) | 14 (15.4) | 13 (14.2) | 8 (8.8) | |||
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| Types of pain | 11.340, 0.010∗∗ | 31.225, 0.000∗∗∗ | |||||
| Nociceptive pain | 6 (6.6) | 10 (11.0) | 4 (4.4) | 12 (13.2) | |||
| Neuropathic pain | 11 (12.1) | 2 (2.2) | 4 (4.4) | 9 (9.9) | |||
| Mixed | 28 (30.8) | 16 (17.6) | 2 (2.2) | 42 (46.2) | |||
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| Pain severity | 5.508, 0.138 | 45.536, 0.000∗∗∗ | |||||
| No pain | 6 (6.6) | 0 (0) | 6 (6.6) | 0 (0) | |||
| Mild | 13 (14.3) | 14 (15.4) | 15 (16.5) | 12 (13.2) | |||
| Moderate | 28 (30.8) | 22 (24.2) | 2 (2.2) | 48 (52.7) | |||
| Severe | 4 (4.4) | 4 (4.4) | 0 (0) | 8 (8.8) | |||
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| Class of analgesics administered | 53.253, 0.000∗∗ | 17.479, 0.001∗∗ | |||||
| No analgesics | 6 (6.6) | 32 (35.2) | 17 (18.7) | 21 (23.1) | |||
| No opioids ± adjuvant | 4 (4.4) | 6 (6.6) | 0 (0) | 10 (11.0) | |||
| Weak opioids ± nonopioids ± adjuvant | 24 (26.4) | 2 (2.2) | 1 (1.1) | 25 (27.5) | |||
| Strong opioids ± nonopioids ± adjuvant | 17 (18.7) | 0 (0) | 5 (5.5) | 12 (13.2) | |||
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| Pain interference severity | 8.799. 0.032∗ | 91.0, 0.000∗∗∗ | |||||
| No interference | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0) | |||
| Mild | 11 (12.1) | 11 (12.1) | 22 (24.2) | 0 (0) | |||
| Moderate | 15 (16.5) | 21 (23.8) | 0 (0) | 36 (39.6) | |||
| Severe | 24 (26.4) | 8 (8.8) | 0 (0) | 32 (35.2) | |||
∗∗∗Significant at p < 0.001; ∗∗significant at p < 0.01; ∗significant atp < 0.05.