The influence of opioid-taking self-efficacy and social support on pain management satisfaction in outpatients with cancer pain

Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the correlations between patients’ opioid-taking self-efficacy, social support, and their pain management satisfaction, and to evaluate the effect of social support and opioid-taking self-efficacy in explaining the variance in pain management satisfac...

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Published in:Supportive care in cancer 2022, Vol.30 (1), p.805-812
Main Authors: Yu, Chiung-Yao, Wang, Jia-Hua, Wang, Ling-Wei, Wang, Tsae-Jyy, Liang, Shu-Yuan, Wu, Shu-Fang, Lu, Yu-Ying
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use
Analysis
Cancer
Cancer Pain - drug therapy
Care and treatment
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug administration
Health behavior
Humans
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Medicine, Experimental
Narcotics
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - drug therapy
Nursing
Nursing Research
Oncology
Original Article
Outpatients
Pain
Pain Management
Pain Medicine
Patient satisfaction
Personal Satisfaction
Rehabilitation Medicine
Self Efficacy
Social aspects
Social networks
Social Support
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Summary:Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the correlations between patients’ opioid-taking self-efficacy, social support, and their pain management satisfaction, and to evaluate the effect of social support and opioid-taking self-efficacy in explaining the variance in pain management satisfaction. Methods We used a cross-sectional and correlational research design and recruited 123 cancer patients via convenience sampling. We used the following instruments: the Opioid-Taking Self-Efficacy Scale, the Inventory of Socially Supportive Behavior, and the Chinese version of the Pain Treatment Satisfaction Scale. Results There were significant and negative correlations between opioid-taking self-efficacy and pain management satisfaction ( r  =  − .43, p  
ISSN:0941-4355
1433-7339
DOI:10.1007/s00520-021-06330-6