2017
Global cancer pain management: a systematic review comparing trials in Africa, Europe and North America
Odonkor CA, Kim G, Erdek M. Global cancer pain management: a systematic review comparing trials in Africa, Europe and North America. Pain Management 2017, 7: 299-310. PMID: 28699421, DOI: 10.2217/pmt-2016-0047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer pain managementPain managementQuality of studiesQuality assessment toolAdjuvant therapyPain trialsJadad scoreCare indexCancer trialsCochrane methodsEligible studiesStudy qualityStudy sample sizeCancer survivorshipSystematic reviewAbstractTextTrialsAssessment toolReviewLiterature reviewSample sizeOpioidsAntidepressantsTherapyManagement
2016
Connecting the Dots: A Comparative Global Multi-Institutional Study of Prohibitive Factors Affecting Cancer Pain Management
Odonkor C, Addison W, Smith S, Osei-Bonsu E, Tang T, Erdek M. Connecting the Dots: A Comparative Global Multi-Institutional Study of Prohibitive Factors Affecting Cancer Pain Management. Pain Medicine 2016, 18: 363-373. PMID: 28204728, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnw143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer pain managementLow-middle-income countriesHigh-income countriesPain managementAdequacy of cancer pain managementCross-sectional survey of physiciansContextually relevant solutionsPain management trainingSurvey of physiciansCare of patientsLack of trainingTrainees’ carePerceived barriersTrainee physiciansDescriptive statisticsFisher's exact testPhysiciansChi-squareManagement trainingCancer patientsExact testAdvanced diseaseSpearman rank correlation analysisHigh-resource environmentsTraineesMinding the Gaps in Cancer Pain Management Education: A Multicenter Study of Clinical Residents and Fellows in a Low- Versus High-Resource Setting
Odonkor CA, Osei-Bonsu E, Tetteh O, Haig A, Mayer RS, Smith TJ. Minding the Gaps in Cancer Pain Management Education: A Multicenter Study of Clinical Residents and Fellows in a Low- Versus High-Resource Setting. Journal Of Global Oncology 2016, 2: 387-396. PMID: 28717725, PMCID: PMC5493248, DOI: 10.1200/jgo.2015.003004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPain management educationHigh-resource countriesLow-resource countriesCancer pain managementPalliative care interventionsInterventional pain proceduresPain management trainingMajor academic medical centerHigh-resource settingsAcademic medical centerPain trainingCancer painPostoperative painPain managementMulticenter studyPain proceduresCancer careCare interventionsMedical CenterResponse rateMajor causeFellowship trainingPhysiciansMedical school trainingClinical residents