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. 2021 Dec 11;18(24):13069.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph182413069.

Pain Control: Normalization of the BPCQ Questionnaire on a Group of Patients Diagnosed with Malignant Cancer

Aleksandra Czerw  1   2 , Urszula Religioni  3 , Filip Szymański  4 , Katarzyna Sygit  5 , Krzysztof Zdziarski  6 , Dominika Mękal  7 , Grażyna Dykowska  1 , Anna Kłak  8 , Agnieszka Barańska  9 , Piotr Merks  10 , Mariola Borowska  1 , Elżbieta Cipora  11 , Monika Pajewska  2
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Pain Control: Normalization of the BPCQ Questionnaire on a Group of Patients Diagnosed with Malignant Cancer

Aleksandra Czerw et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to examine the applicability of the Beliefs about Pain Control Questionnaire (BPCQ) among cancer patients and develop norms that allow differentiation of patients with diagnosed cancer in terms of beliefs about pain control. Normalization aims to establish the value of test results in the study population. The study involved 1187 patients diagnosed with cancer in outpatient care Maria Sklodowska-Curie Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, in Warsaw. The applied tool was the Beliefs about Pain Control Questionnaire developed by S. Skevington. The results are most strongly differentiated in each dimension of pain control by education, income, and professional status. Sten norms were developed to determine the level of beliefs about pain control in low, average, and high categories. The BPCQ assessment applies to cancer patients, and the assessment of the location of pain control in patients will allow for the identification of patients whose standard therapy should be supplemented with psychotherapeutic support.

Keywords: BPCQ assessment; cancer; normalization; pain; pain control.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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