Prevalence of frailty and pain in hospitalised cancer patients: implications for older adult care

Heather Lane; Rosemary Saunders; Kate Crookes; Seng G. M. Ang; Caroline Bulsara; Max K. Bulsara; Beverley Ewens; Olivia Gallagher; Karen Gullick; Sue Haydon; Jeff Hughes; Kim-Huong Nguyen; Karla Seaman; Christopher Etherton-Beer

doi:10.1111/imj.16351

Prevalence of frailty and pain in hospitalised cancer patients: implications for older adult care

Heather Lane, Rosemary Saunders^*, Kate Crookes, Seng G. M. Ang, Caroline Bulsara, Max K. Bulsara, Beverley Ewens, Olivia Gallagher, Karen Gullick, Sue Haydon, Jeff Hughes, Kim-Huong Nguyen, Karla Seaman, Christopher Etherton-Beer

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	671-674
Number of pages	4
Journal	Internal Medicine Journal
Volume	54
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.16351
Publication status	Published - Apr 2024

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cancer
frail
hospital
inpatient
pain assessment
prevalence

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Lane, H., Saunders, R., Crookes, K., Ang, S. G. M., Bulsara, C., Bulsara, M. K., Ewens, B., Gallagher, O., Gullick, K., Haydon, S., Hughes, J., Nguyen, K.-H., Seaman, 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

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