Table 5.
Pain prevalence in patients with either curative or palliative treatment, or treatment intent not specified (Group 4) (n = 36).
| % Pain | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study | Quality | Continent a | Setting b | Cancer c | Mean Age | Sample | None | Mild | Moderate | ModSev d | Severe | Overall |
| Abu-Saad Huijer, 2015 [105] | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 54.32 | 190 | 45.3 | |||||
| Bernardes, 2019 [106] | 15 | 6 | 1,2 | 1 | 125 | 81 | 10 | 10 | 20 | |||
| Chan, 2015 [107] | 16 | 3 | 11 | 57.3 | 79 | 25.3 | ||||||
| Chen, 2021 [108] | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 41.7 | 132 | 57.6 | |||||
| Cheng, 2021 [109] | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 127 | 21.3 | ||||||
| Damm, 2020 [110] | 16 | 2 | 1,2 | 6 | 139 | 43.9 | 17.9 | 18.6 | 0.7 | 63 | ||
| Fujii, 2017 [111] | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 60.8 | 524 | 46.2 | 39.9 | 7.6 | 13.9 | 6.3 | 53.8 |
| Gosselin, 2016 [112] | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 275 | 48 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 52 | |
| Han, 2019 [113] | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 57.9 | 399 | 59.4 | |||||
| Joseph, 2021 [114] | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 347 | 14.1 | 21.9 | 48.7 | 64 | 15.3 | 85.9 | |
| Kim, 2015 [115] | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 60.02 | 167 | 25.7 | 92.8 | ||||
| Kuperus, 2021 [116] | 15 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 113 | 74 | 14.7 | 8.8 | 11.3 | 2.5 | 26 | |
| Lee–a, 2016 [117] Lee–b, 2016 [117] |
20 20 |
1 1 |
2 2 |
5 5 |
56.0 56.0 |
358 335 |
16 f 31 f |
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| Li, 2017 [118] | 15 | 3 | 1 | 55.36 | 317 | 60.25 | 29.02 | 5.36 | 10.41 | 5.05 | 39.43 | |
| Llamas Ramos, 2016 [119] | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 59.98 | 246 | 13.4 | 24.4 | 37 | 12.6 | 50.4 | |
| Matsumoto, 2020 [120] | 19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 55.6 | ||||||
| Molassiotis, 2019 [121] | 16 | 2,3 | 1,2 | 1 | 55.15 | 343 | 14.2 | |||||
| Moye, 2014 [122] | 16 | 1 | 2,3,6 | 64.66 | 170 | 21.6 | 32.4 | 10.8 | ||||
| Pearce–a, 2017 [123] Pearce–b, 2017 [123] Pearce–c, 2017 [123] |
15 15 15 |
6 6 6 |
2 2 2 |
5 6 4 |
243 142 56 |
74 77 77 |
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| Pérez, 2015 [124] | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 60.7 | 358 | 45.8 | 26.3 | 54.2 | |||
| Pettersson, 2014 [125] | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 65 | 104 | 41 | |||||
| Raj, 2014 [126] | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 305 | 48.2 | |||||
| Ritchie–a, 2014 [127] Ritchie–b, 2014 [127] Ritchie–c, 2014 [127] Ritchie–d, 2014 [127] |
16 16 16 16 |
6 6 6 6 |
2 2 2 2 |
1 1 1 1 |
62.1 67.3 72.4 78.8 |
78 94 76 82 |
66.7 50.0 59.2 53.7 |
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| Salvetti, 2020 [128] | 15 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 107 | 42.1 | ||||||
| Schumacher–a, 2021 [129] Schumacher–b, 2021 [129] |
15 15 |
6 6 |
2 2 |
7 7 |
67.9 67.8 |
72 43 |
18.1 23.3 |
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| Seven, 2016 [130] | 15 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 59 | 134 | 57.3 | 15.7 | 20.2 | 26.9 | 6.7 | 42.6 |
| Spoelstra, 2015 [131] | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 65.1 | 30 | 63.3 | |||||
| Stamm, 2021 [132] | 15 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 61 | 47 | 69 | |||||
| Steffen McLouth, 2020 [133] | 16 | 1 | 4 | 62.5 | 60 | 41.7 | ||||||
| Thiagarajan, 2016 [134] | 16 | 3 | 1,2 | 1 | 52.7 | 303 | 15.6 | 13.8 | 19.4 | 23.8 | 4.4 | 37.6 |
| Turner, 2014 [135] | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 76.7 | 385 | 26 | |||||
| Unseld, 2021 [136] | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 57.4 | 846 | 36.5 | 43.5 | 13.6 | 20 | 6.4 | 63.5 |
| van der Baan, 2020 [137] | 15 | 2 | 1,2 | 1 | 58.2 | 1919 | 24 | |||||
| Wang, 2014 [138] | 16 | 3 | 4 | 58.25 | 183 | 71 | ||||||
| Yahaya, 2015 [139] | 16 | 3 | 1 | 53.4 | 268 | 51.1 | ||||||
| Zhong, 2017 [140] | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 59.7 | 517 | 70.2 e | 29.8 | ||||
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; f mild–moderate pain.