Beschreibung:
Pain is a common symptom in cancer patients, restricts daily life activities and reducessurvival time. Identification of sociodemographic, medical and psychological correlatesof pain among cancer patients in Germany could help identify subgroups most in need ofpain management. In this multicenter, epidemiologic cross-sectional study, we assessedpain prevalence and severity, quality of life (QoL) and psychological distress in a sampleof 3,745 cancer patients across all tumor entities. In total, 37.9% patients suffered fromcancer-related pain and 56.1% suffered from non-specific pain. Younger, female, lesseducated and unemployed patients reported pain more frequently and more severepain (p < 0.001). Pain was associated with distress, depression, anxiety, QoL, tumorstage (p < 0.001), and time since diagnosis (p = 0.012). Pain assessment and painmanagement should be a routine part of cancer treatment and cancer survivorshipcare plans.