학술논문
Prevalence of Psychological Symptoms in Community-Dwelling Chinese American Patients with Chronic Cancer Pain.
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Article
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*CANCER patient psychology
*PSYCHOLOGY
*CHINESE people
*CHRONIC pain
*CANCER pain
*IMMIGRANTS
*STATISTICS
*STATISTICAL significance
*HEALTH services accessibility
*ACCULTURATION
*ONE-way analysis of variance
*HEALTH status indicators
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*T-test (Statistics)
*INDEPENDENT living
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*DATA analysis software
*PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
*SECONDARY analysis
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1557-1912
Abstract
Cancer is common among older Chinese American immigrants. Psychological distress may be associated with cancer pain, yet prior studies have not examined this relationship. We conducted a secondary analysis of 514 Chinese Americans with cancer-related pain. Patients completed validated questionnaires, including the Chinese Health Questionnaire-12 (CHQ-12). Analyses evaluated associations among sociodemographics, acculturation, psychological distress, and pain variables. Most patients had low acculturation and socioeconomic levels. Overall, 51.9% of patients reported moderate-severe psychological distress, 35.8% reported worst pain intensity ≥7/10 over the previous week and 41.2% had high pain-related distress. Higher CHQ-12 scores were associated with younger age (β = −0.13); lower educational level (β = −0.12); birthplace in China (β = −0.18); lack of a caregiver (β = −0.10); higher worst pain intensity (β = 0.15); and higher pain-related distress (β = 0.28; all p < 0.05; R2 = 0.23). Chinese American cancer patients with chronic pain experience high psychological distress, which is associated with pain characteristics and other social factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]