Overview
Malignant tumors are one of the major public health problems in China, and cancer pain is a common symptom in tumor patients, affecting the quality of life. In rural areas, cancer pain management is challenging due to insufficient medical resources and limitations in understanding cancer pain. Investigators plan to develop a convenient patient self-reporting applet to help participants report their symptoms to primary care physicians promptly and monitor pain levels and medication in real-time. This project aims to improve the efficiency of cancer pain management, integrate cancer pain into chronic disease management, improve the quality of healthcare services for rural participants, and promote the construction of a healthy China.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with tumors that are confirmed by pathological findings.
- Presence of tumor-related pain that is moderate or higher and requires intervention with morphine-based pain medication (++).
- Have a life expectancy of more than 6 months.
- Understand and sign a consent to participate in the study, or if the patient is unable to understand the study, his/her direct caregiver must have a good understanding of the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Presence of other chronic non-cancer pain/have an unresolved pain-related condition.
- Moderately severe cognitive impairment/cognitive impairment.
- Have schizophrenia or other psychiatric illness.
- Neither the patient nor his/her direct caregiver can understand how to use the Cancer Pain Management applet.
- Being pregnant.