title: [Prevalence and intensity of pain in terminally-ill cancer patients at admission in palliative care center: a mono-institutional descriptive analysis].
abstract: Pain is a distressing symptom in terminally-ill cancer and, to date, many patients still experience uncontrolled pain. We evaluated prevalence and intensity of pain at admission in Palliative Care Center. We recruited 323 patients: more than 80% referred moderate/severe pain and only 50% was adsuming strong opioids.
authors.affiliation: Unità Funzionale di Oncologia, Istituto Neurotraumatologico Italiano, Grottaferrata, Roma. antoniorozzi@virgilio.it
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rozzi
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bordin
authors.forename: Rosanna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scirocchi
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fava
authors.forename: Maria Elisabetta
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: D'Addario
authors.forename: Anna Rita
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ranucci
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Miele
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferraccioli
authors.forename: Margherita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salerno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010166:Palliative Care; D015995:Prevalence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D019452:Terminally Ill