Abstract

A hospital-wide point prevalence study investigated frailty and pain in patients with a cancer-related admission. Modifiable factors associated with frailty in people with cancer were determined through logistic regression. Forty-eight patients (19%) with cancer-related admissions were 2.65 times more likely to be frail and 2.12 more likely to have moderate pain. Frailty and pain were highly prevalent among cancer-related admissions, reinforcing the need for frailty screening and importance of pain assessment for patients with cancer.

Keywords

cancer, frail, hospital, inpatient, pain assessment, prevalence

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

4-1-2024

Volume

54

Issue

4

PubMed ID

38450876

Publication Title

Internal Medicine Journal

Publisher

Wiley

School

School of Nursing and Midwifery / Centre for Research in Aged Care

RAS ID

65515

Funders

Hollywood Private Hospital / Ramsay Hospital Research Foundation / Open access publishing facilitated by Edith Cowan University, as part of the Wiley - Edith Cowan University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

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Lane, H., Saunders, R., Crookes, K., Ang, S. G. M., Bulsara, C., Bulsara, M. K., . . . Etherton-Beer, C. (2024). Prevalence of frailty and pain in hospitalised cancer patients: Implications for older adult care. Internal Medicine Journal, 54(4), 671-674. https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.16351

First Page

671

Last Page

674

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10.1111/imj.16351