Managing Advanced Cancer Pain Together (MACPT) conversation tool: an evaluation of use in clinical practice

Barry Quinn; Sophie Laurent; Susan Dargan; Maria Lapuente; Diana Lüftner; Lawrence Drudge-Coates; Mario Di Palma; Lissandra Dal Lago; Jessica Flynn; Charlotte Panter; Anouchka Seesaghur

doi:10.2217/pmt-2021-0066

Managing Advanced Cancer Pain Together (MACPT) conversation tool: an evaluation of use in clinical practice

Barry Quinn^*, Sophie Laurent, Susan Dargan, Maria Lapuente, Diana Lüftner, Lawrence Drudge-Coates, Mario Di Palma, Lissandra Dal Lago, Jessica Flynn, Charlotte Panter, Anouchka Seesaghur

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School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Aim: To investigate use of the ‘Managing Advanced Cancer Pain Together’ conversation tool between individuals with advanced cancer and healthcare professionals (HCPs) during routine consultations. Methods: Twenty-one patients and six HCPs completed questionnaires before and after use of the tool (at their routine consultation 1 and consecutive consultation 2, respectively). Results: Patients and HCPs were satisfied with communication during both consultations. When using the tool, patients most frequently selected physical pain descriptors (95.2%), followed by emotional (81.0%), social (28.6%) and spiritual (28.6%) descriptors. Patients found the tool useful, stating that it helped them describe their pain. HCPs considered the tool difficult to incorporate into consultations. Conclusion: The study highlighted the need to consider the various aspects of cancer pain.

Original language	English
Journal	Pain management
Early online date	06 Dec 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2217/pmt-2021-0066
Publication status	Early online date - 06 Dec 2021

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Research Article
advanced cancer
communication
healthcare professional
pain
patient
satisfaction

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Managing Advanced Cancer Pain Together (MACPT) conversation tool: an evaluation of use in clinical practice. / Quinn, Barry; Laurent, Sophie; Dargan, Susan; Lapuente, Maria; Lüftner, Diana; Drudge-Coates, Lawrence; Palma, Mario Di; Lago, Lissandra Dal; Flynn, Jessica; Panter, Charlotte; Seesaghur, Anouchka.

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