Pain and quality of life in patients undergoing radiotherapy for spinal metastatic disease treatment

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dc.contributor.authorValesin Filho, Edgar S.
dc.contributor.authorDe Abreu, Luiz Carlos
dc.contributor.authorLima, Guilherme H.V.
dc.contributor.authorDe Cubero, Daniel I.G.
dc.contributor.authorUeno, Fabrício H.
dc.contributor.authorFigueiredo, Gustavo S.L.
dc.contributor.authorValenti, Vitor E. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorDe Mello Monteiro, Carlos Bandeira
dc.contributor.authorWajnsztejn, Rubens
dc.contributor.authorFujiki, Edison N.
dc.contributor.authorNeto, Modesto Rolim
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Luciano M.
dc.contributor.institutionHospital Estadual Mário Covas
dc.contributor.institutionFaculdade de Medicina do ABC (FMABC)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:28:31Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:28:31Z
dc.date.issued2013-02-20
dc.description.abstractBackground: Radiotherapy is an important tool in the control of pain in patients with spinal metastatic disease. We aimed to evaluate pain and of quality of life of patients with spinal metastatic disease undergoing radiotherapy with supportive treatment. Methods. The study enrolled 30 patients. From January 2008 to January 2010, patients selection included those treated with a 20Gy tumour dose in five fractions. Patients completed the visual analogue scale for pain assessment and the SF-36 questionnaire for quality of life assessment. Results: The most frequent primary sites were breast, multiple myeloma, prostate and lymphoma. It was found that 14 spinal metastatic disease patients (46.66%) had restricted involvement of three or fewer vertebrae, while 16 patients (53.33%) had cases involving more than three vertebrae. The data from the visual analogue scale evaluation of pain showed that the average initial score was 5.7 points, the value 30days after the end of radiotherapy was 4.60 points and the average value 6months after treatment was 4.25 points. Notably, this final value was 25.43% lower than the value from the initial analysis. With regard to the quality of life evaluation, only the values for the functional capability and social aspects categories of the questionnaire showed significant improvement. Conclusion: Radiotherapy with supportive treatment appears to be an important tool for the treatment of pain in patients with spinal metastatic disease. © 2013 Valesin Filho et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.en
dc.description.affiliationHospital Estadual Mário Covas, Santo André, SP
dc.description.affiliationLaboratório de Delineamento de Estudos e Escrita Científica Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Av. Príncipe de Gales, 821, 09060-650, Santo André, SP
dc.description.affiliationFaculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Universidade Estadual Paulista UNESP, Av. Hygino Muzzi Filho, 737, 17.525-900, Marília, SP
dc.description.affiliationEscola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUnespFaculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Universidade Estadual Paulista UNESP, Av. Hygino Muzzi Filho, 737, 17.525-900, Marília, SP
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-7682-6-6
dc.identifier.citationInternational Archives of Medicine, v. 6, n. 1, 2013.
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1755-7682-6-6
dc.identifier.file2-s2.0-84873939943.pdf
dc.identifier.issn1755-7682
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84873939943
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/74617
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Archives of Medicine
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,237
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectNeoplasm metastasis
dc.subjectQuality of life
dc.subjectRadiotherapy
dc.subjectdexamethasone
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectaged
dc.subjectbreast cancer
dc.subjectcancer pain
dc.subjectcancer radiotherapy
dc.subjectclinical article
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectlymphoma
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmultiple myeloma
dc.subjectprostate cancer
dc.subjectquality of life
dc.subjectradiation dose
dc.subjectShort Form 36
dc.subjectsocial aspect
dc.subjectspinal metastatic disease
dc.subjectspine metastasis
dc.subjectvisual analog scale
dc.titlePain and quality of life in patients undergoing radiotherapy for spinal metastatic disease treatmenten
dc.typeArtigo
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