The Amsterdam Pain Management Index compared to eight frequently used outcome measures to evaluate the adequacy of pain treatment in cancer patients with chronic pain

Pain

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 339-349

  De Wit, Rianne ^a,b,c   Van Dam, Frits ^a,d   Loonstra, Simone ^a   Zandbelt, Linda ^a   Van Buuren, Anneke ^a   Van der Heijden, Karin ^a   Leenhouts, Gerleen ^a   Huijer Abu Saad, Huda ^e  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adequacy of pain treatment; Analgesics; Cancer pain; Clinical trial; Pain management; Pharmacological management; Quality of pain treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMSTERDAM PAIN MANAGEMENT INDEX; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CARCINOMA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035084088     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00455-3     Document Type: Article

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