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. 2023 Jan 18;15(3):591. doi: 10.3390/cancers15030591

Table 3.

Pain prevalence in patients with curative treatment (Group 2) (n = 34).

% Pain
Study Quality Continent a Setting b Cancer c Mean Age Sample None Mild Moderate ModSev d Severe Overall
Andersen, 2014 [34] 16 2 2 5 133 20 26 78
Berliere–a, 2021 [53]
Berliere–b, 2021 [53]
16
16
2
2
1,2
1,2
5
5
53 32
31
46.0
29.0
Bretschneider, 2016 [54] 16 1 2 9 58.1 152 53.4 29.7 8.8 16.9 8.1 46.6
Browall, 2017 [55] 17 2 2 5 59 124 67
Calderon, 2019 [56] 15 2 2 5 53.2 240 4.2
Choo, 2019 [57] 17 3 2 5 60.35 192 59.9
de Menezes Couceiro, 2014 [58] 16 4 2 5 54 250 44.4
Dylke, 2015 [59] 15 6 2 5 55 157 83
El-Aqoul, 2018 [60] 17 3 1 1 47.6 800 43.6 e 56.4
Fenlon, 2014 [61] 16 2 2 5 57 455 53
Fjell, 2020 [62] 16 2 2 5 49 150 42.5
Hagiwara–a, 2018 [63]
Hagiwara–b, 2018 [63]
19
19
3
3
2
2
6
6
178
176
42.0
41.0
Haryani, 2018 [64] 16 3 2 1 50.51 207 38.2 17.9 22.7 4.8 60.87
Ho, 2015 [65] 15 3 2 5 49 133 24
Hong, 2014 [66] 16 3 1 1 51.24 1217 88 12
Jarden, 2021 [67] 16 2 1 10 53.1 70 55.2
Jensen, 2018 [68] 17 2 2 9 49 1176 60.6 26.8 9.1 12.6 3.5 39.4
Khan–a, 2017 [69]
Khan–b, 2017 [69]
15
15
1
1
2
2
5
5
62
60.5
80
80
36
50
30
20
30
26
30
27
0
1
60
47
Kim, 2016 [70] 16 3 1 5 50.3 1499 8.8 e 91.2
Kirchheiner, 2015 [41] 17 2 2 9 50 42.0
Kirkham, 2018 [71] 15 1 1 5 50 24 54
Lewis, 2015 [72] 16 6 2 1 61 276 55.0
Lewis, 2021 [73] 18 3 2 2 600 45.2
McFarland, 2018 [74] 15 1 2 5 55.4 125 19.5
Moloney, 2016 [75] 16 6 1 5 54.2 121 24 46.2
Nogueira de Oliveira Martins–a, 2017 [76]
Nogueira de Oliveira Martins–b, 2017 [76]
17
17
4
4
2
2
5
5
49.6
49.6
11
11
90.9
72.2
Okamoto, 2018 [77] 17 3 2 5 59 123 48.8 42.3 8.9 14 5.1 51.2
Ribas, 2020 [78] 15 2 2 9 65 109 20.1
Røhrl, 2016 [79] 17 2 2 6 60.7 68 44.1
Shaulov, 2019 [80] 16 1 1,2 10 49.1 318 51.3 8.3 22.9 40.4 17.5 49.2
Tran, 2020 [81] 16 3 1 6 57.7 197 87
Wang, 2021 [50] 16 3 2 5 80 12.5
Xu–a, 2020 [82]
Xu–b, 2020 [82]
Xu–c, 2020 [82]
15
15
15
3
3
3
2
2
2
5
5
5
51
51
51
235
210
227
66.1
70.5
72.2
20.9
19.5
19.4
11.5
9.5
8.4
12.35
10
8.4
0.85
0.5
0
33.25
29.5
27.8
Yi, 2018 [83] 16 3 2 5 53.56 110 13.6 61.8 20 24.5 4.5 86.4

a 1 = North America; 2 = Europe; 3 = Asia; 4 = South America; 5 = Africa; 6 = Australia/New Zealand; b 1 = inpatient; 2 = outpatient; 3 = patient in a palliative care setting; 4 = all; 5 = other; c 1 = >3 types of cancer; 2 = head and neck; 3 = oesophagus, 4 = bronchus/lung; 5 = breast; 6 = gastro-intestinal; 7 = prostate; 8 = other, urological; 9 = gynaecological; 10 = haematological; 11 = other; d moderate–severe pain; e none–mild pain.