Open AccessThe relationship between ethnicity and the pain experience of cancer patients: A systematic review
Author(s) -
Wingfai Kwok,
Thakshyanee Bhuvanakrishna
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.138391
Subject(s) - ethnic group , psycinfo , medicine , cochrane library , medline , cancer pain , systematic review , cancer , clinical psychology , meta analysis , physical therapy , family medicine , sociology , anthropology , political science , law
Cancer pain is a complex multidimensional construct. Physicians use a patient-centered approach for its effective management, placing a great emphasis on patient self-reported ratings of pain. In the literature, studies have shown that a patient's ethnicity may influence the experience of pain as there are variations in pain outcomes among different ethnic groups. At present, little is known regarding the effect of ethnicity on the pain experience of cancer patients; currently, there are no systematic reviews examining this relationship.