CONTEXT: Brief abstract of a real-world study on the association of patient reported pain and quality of life in multiple myeloma patients. The study on patients from Germany and Italy showed an association between higher pain severity and poorer quality of life, supporting the relevance of asking patients to self-evaluate their pain severity.
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1. “ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The association between patient self-reported pain severity and health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) is poorly understood. ”
2. “Patient-reported pain severity and health-related quality of life in patients with multiple myeloma in real world clinical practice. ”
3. “This article was originally published here Cancer Rep (Hoboken). ”
4. “AIMS: This real-world study of symptomatic multiple myeloma (MM) patients sought to determine how pain severity from a single question asked during routine clinical consultation was associated with HRQoL. METHODS AND RESULTS: Point-in-time data on HRQoL of 330 patients with MM (median age 70 years) receiving anti-myeloma therapy in Germany and Italy from November 2017 through February 2018 were analyzed. ”
5. “HRQoL was assessed using validated questionnaires (Work Productivity and Activity Impairment [WPAI], European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire -C30 and -MY20). ”