Improving Pain Self-Management Among Rural Older Adults With Cancer

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Results of a study to test the feasibility, acceptability, and changes in pain outcomes from exposure to the Cancer Health Empowerment for Living without Pain, an intervention designed to help patients' communicate effectively with their clinicians. Uses data from interviews with 30 older adults with cancer who were residing in a noninstitutional rural setting and receiving outpatient care at a rural-based clinic in Tennessee in May 2022. Features demographics and statistics on type and stage of cancer.

Megan J. Shen, Tammy Stokes, Sarah Yarborough, Jill Harrison

JAMA Network Open, 7(7), e2421298

07/2024

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Cancer · Elderly population · Statistics and data · Tennessee