Optimising Initial Pain Management and its Influence on Compliance and Treatment Abandonment in Newly Diagnosed Head-and-Neck Cancer Patients: A Real-world Experience
QIP for pain management resulted in efficient pain assessment, enhanced patient compliance and reduced rates of treatment abandonment. The study findings mandate QIP for effective pain management of HNC patients in all cancer centres.
Authors
- Ravi Kannan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5888-5225)
- Arun Seshachalam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8934-3696)
- Tanu Anand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2911-2332)
- Kapil Malik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7247-1141)
- Surendran Veeraiah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6747-7423)
- Bharath V. S. S. K. Talagadadeevi
- S. Vijayakanth
Institutions
- Cancer Institute (WIA) (IN)
- Silchar Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Palliative Care
- Published
- 2024-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25259/ijpc_153_2024
- Primary Topic
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00