Journal of clinical nursing
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A pain education programme to improve patient satisfaction with cancer pain management: a randomised control trial.
The purpose of this study was (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of a pain education programme to increase the satisfaction of patients with cancer with regard to pain management and (2) to examine how patient satisfaction with pain management mediates the barriers to using analgesics and analgesic adherence. ⋯ It is important for health providers to consider patient satisfaction when attempting to improve adherence to pain management regimes in a clinical setting.