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' perspectivesClinician Perspectives on Managing Chronic Pain After Curative-Intent Cancer Treatment
Check D, Jones K, Fish L, Dinan M, Dunbar T, Farley S, Ma J, Merlin J, O'Regan A, Oeffinger K. Clinician Perspectives on Managing Chronic Pain After Curative-Intent Cancer Treatment. JCO Oncology Practice 2023, 19: e484-e491. PMID: 36595729, PMCID: PMC10530392, DOI: 10.1200/op.22.00410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic painCancer survivorsClinician experienceLong-term opioid therapyMultimodal pain careCurative-intent treatmentBehavioral health servicesAcademic medical centerOpioid therapyOpioid managementActive treatmentPain careHighlights unmetHigh prevalenceClinician's perspectiveMedical CenterMost cliniciansPainMultidisciplinary teamHealth servicesPsychosocial stressorsPain monitoringCliniciansCancer treatmentSurvivors
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