The Pain Experience of Hispanic Patients with Cancer in the United States

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• Personal Author:
  Chee W ; Guevara E ; Im E-O
• Description:
  Purpose/Objectives: To explore Hispanic patients' cancer pain experience from a feminist perspective to find explanations for inadequate pain management. Design: A qualitative online forum study. Setting: Internet and community settings. Sample:15 Hispanic patients with cancer recruited using a convenience sampling method. Methods: A six-month online forum was conducted using nine discussion topics, and the data were processed using a thematic analysis. Main Research Variables: Cancer pain experience. Findings: Four major themes emerged related to the following findings. The first was a lack of communication with healthcare providers regarding undermedication. The second was that women and men were enduring pain because of traditional gender roles guiding their behaviors. Third, participants placed the highest priority on family during the diagnosis and treatment process, thus setting aside their needs for pain management. The fourth theme was that participants were enduring inconvenience and unfair treatment in the U.S. healthcare system while simultaneously appreciating the treatment they had received. Conclusions: Because of cultural factors and marginalized status in the United States as Hispanics and as immigrants, most of the participants could not adequately describe and manage their pain. Implications for Nursing: Findings suggest a need for further investigation of the influences of multiple factors, including financial issues, cultural norms, and gender stereotypes, on cancer pain experience among diverse subgroups of Hispanic patients with cancer. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Healthcare Disparities Health Promotion Minority Health Neoplasms Occupational Health Race Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Cancer Health Communications Health Disparities Minority Health Pain Tolerance Qualitative Analysis Racial Factors Sociological Factors
• ISSN:
  0190-535X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054102
• Citation:
  Oncol Nurs Forum 2007 Jul; 34(4):861-868
• Email:
  eim@mail.utexas.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Oncology Nursing Forum
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0b01bffb132ec6d131a30cb5bb05b5cb8c26962da47493e775519010afd417e64a3b2521b6b25a6ab635f23de36d04dfe2741f7b7b09d1bc0f219846774d7907
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216736/cdc_216736_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 614.98 KB ]