title: [Pain management in patients with cancer. Perspectives of various network participants].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  High healthcare needs are evident for pain caused by cancer. Those affected are not only looking for help in acute inpatient structures but also for a much larger part in outpatient care structures. To avoid mistreatment, undertreatment or overtreatment of pain in people with cancer, it is necessary to differentiate the tasks and roles of different providers while highlighting the specific aspects of pain management within the given network structures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Aspects, such as pain assessment and the necessary scope of action in pain treatment are illustrated from the perspective of nurses from home care services, primary physicians as well as the general or special ambulatory palliative care (AAPV or SAPV) on the basis of initial survey results and a documentation analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ambulatory care nurses (93 %) and primary caregivers (64 %) use pain assessment scales. The kind of scales used varies. The ability to provide adequate pain care for patients in the immediate care situation is reported as given by more than half of the nurses (56.6 %).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In order to ensure an adequate pain therapy targeted interprofessional coordination is required between outpatient and primary physicians with respect to aspects of pain assessment, scope of action and accessibility.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pflegewissenschaft und -praxis, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Strubergasse 21, Salzburg, Austria. juergen.osterbrink@pmu.ac.at
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Osterbrink
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hemling
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nestler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hofmeister
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gnass
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005858:Germany; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration
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