2023
Clinician and Cancer Survivor Perspectives on Managing Chronic Pain after Cancer Treatment: A Qualitative Study (Sci216)
Check D, O'Regan A, Jones K, Fish L, Dinan M, Farley S, E. J, Makarushka C, Merlin J, Somers T, Oeffinger K. Clinician and Cancer Survivor Perspectives on Managing Chronic Pain after Cancer Treatment: A Qualitative Study (Sci216). Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2023, 65: e648. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.02.266.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic painPalliative care cliniciansCancer survivorsCare cliniciansCancer treatmentCancer survivorshipLong-term opioid therapyRoutine survivorship careCurative-intent treatmentActive cancer treatmentChronic pain managementImpact of painCancer survivors' perspectivesOpioid therapySurvivorship carePain managementActive treatmentMultimodal managementPain carePrimary careHigh prevalencePainCliniciansSurvivorsSurvivors' perspectivesManaging Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivorship: Communication Challenges and Opportunities as Described by Cancer Survivors
O’Regan A, Fish L, Makarushka C, Somers T, Jones K, Merlin J, Dinan M, Oeffinger K, Check D. Managing Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivorship: Communication Challenges and Opportunities as Described by Cancer Survivors. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2023, 41: 78-86. PMID: 36927121, DOI: 10.1177/10499091231164634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPain management experiencesCurative-intent treatmentChronic painCancer survivorsPain managementProvider-initiated communicationChronic pain managementHead/neckCancer survivors' experiencesDecision-making interventionSurvivorship careColorectal cancerClinical managementCancer survivorshipPainPain experienceStage ISurvivorsConvenience sampleSurvivors' experiencesTreatmentFunctional goalsCareThematic approachProviders
2021
Predictors of Chronic Opioid Use: A Population-Level Analysis of North Carolina Cancer Survivors Using Multi-Payer Claims
Check DK, Baggett C, Kim K, Roberts AW, Roberts MC, Robinson T, Oeffinger KC, Dinan MA. Predictors of Chronic Opioid Use: A Population-Level Analysis of North Carolina Cancer Survivors Using Multi-Payer Claims. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2021, 113: 1581-1589. PMID: 33881543, PMCID: PMC8562975, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djab082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic opioid useChronic opioid therapyOpioid useCancer survivorsOpioid therapyBaseline depressionLong-term pain managementSubstance useRetrospective cohort studyPopulation-based studyCancer registry dataLow-income survivorsCohort studyPatient characteristicsPain managementActive treatmentNonmetastatic cancerChronic useInsurance statusRelative riskRegistry dataOpioidsPoisson regressionYounger ageAge groups