Saunjoo L Yoon1, Lisa Scarton2, Laurie Duckworth3, Yingwei Yao4, Miriam O Ezenwa5, Marie L Suarez6, Robert E Molokie7, Diana J Wilkie8. 1. Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science and Center for Palliative Care Research and Education, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: yoon@ufl.edu. 2. Department of Family, Community and Health System Science and Center for Palliative Care Research and Education, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: lscarton@ufl.edu. 3. Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science and Center for Palliative Care Research and Education, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: lduck@ufl.edu. 4. Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science and Center for Palliative Care Research and Education, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: y.yao@ufl.edu. 5. Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science and Center for Palliative Care Research and Education, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: moezenwa@ufl.edu. 6. Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: mlsuarez@uic.edu. 7. College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; College of Pharmacy, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: remoloki@uic.edu. 8. Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science and Center for Palliative Care Research and Education, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: diwilkie@ufl.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Age group differences have been reported for pain and symptom presentations in outpatient and inpatient oncology settings, but it is unknown if these differences occur in hospice. We examined whether there were differences in pain, symptom distress, pain barriers, and comorbidities among three age groups (20-64 years, 65-84 years, and 85+) of hospice patients with cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Participants were recruited from two hospices. Half were women; 49% White and 34% Black. 42% were 20-64 y, 43% 65-84 y, and 15% 85+ y. We analyzed baseline data for 230 hospice patients with cancer (enrolled 2014-2016, mean age 68.2 ± 14.0, 20-100 years) from a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial. Measures were the Average pain intensity (API, 0-10: current, least and worst pain intensity during the past 24 h), Symptom Distress Scale (SDS, 13-65), Barriers Questionnaire-13 (BQ-13, 0-5), and comorbid conditions. Descriptive, bivariate association, and multiple regression analyses were performed. RESULTS: Mean API scores differed (p < .001) among the three age groups (5.6 ± 2.0 [20-64 years], 4.7 ± 2.0 [65-84 years], and 4.4 ± 1.8 [85+], as did the mean SDS scores (36.1 ± 7.3, 33.5 ± 8.1, and 31.6 ± 6.6, p = .004). BQ-13 mean scores (2.6 ± 0.9, 2.7 ± 0.8, and 2.5 ± 0.7) and comorbidities were not significantly different across age groups. In multiple regression analyses, age-related differences in API and SDS remained significant after adjusting for gender, race, cancer, palliative performance score, and comorbidities. Comorbidities were positively associated with SDS (p = .046) but not with API (p = .64) in the regression model. CONCLUSION: Older hospice patients with cancer reported less pain and symptoms than younger patients, but all groups reported similar barriers to pain management. These findings suggest the need for age- and race-sensitive interventions to reduce pain and symptom distress levels at life's end.
OBJECTIVES: Age group differences have been reported for pain and symptom presentations in outpatient and inpatient oncology settings, but it is unknown if these differences occur in hospice. We examined whether there were differences in pain, symptom distress, pain barriers, and comorbidities among three age groups (20-64 years, 65-84 years, and 85+) of hospice patients with cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Participants were recruited from two hospices. Half were women; 49% White and 34% Black. 42% were 20-64 y, 43% 65-84 y, and 15% 85+ y. We analyzed baseline data for 230 hospice patients with cancer (enrolled 2014-2016, mean age 68.2 ± 14.0, 20-100 years) from a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial. Measures were the Average pain intensity (API, 0-10: current, least and worst pain intensity during the past 24 h), Symptom Distress Scale (SDS, 13-65), Barriers Questionnaire-13 (BQ-13, 0-5), and comorbid conditions. Descriptive, bivariate association, and multiple regression analyses were performed. RESULTS: Mean API scores differed (p < .001) among the three age groups (5.6 ± 2.0 [20-64 years], 4.7 ± 2.0 [65-84 years], and 4.4 ± 1.8 [85+], as did the mean SDS scores (36.1 ± 7.3, 33.5 ± 8.1, and 31.6 ± 6.6, p = .004). BQ-13 mean scores (2.6 ± 0.9, 2.7 ± 0.8, and 2.5 ± 0.7) and comorbidities were not significantly different across age groups. In multiple regression analyses, age-related differences in API and SDS remained significant after adjusting for gender, race, cancer, palliative performance score, and comorbidities. Comorbidities were positively associated with SDS (p = .046) but not with API (p = .64) in the regression model. CONCLUSION: Older hospice patients with cancer reported less pain and symptoms than younger patients, but all groups reported similar barriers to pain management. These findings suggest the need for age- and race-sensitive interventions to reduce pain and symptom distress levels at life's end.
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