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Anxiety and <a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/social-media-posts-can-help-identify-depression/">depression</a> in patients with cancer are associated with increased pain intensity, according to a study presented at the Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium.The study included 11,815 patients (median age, 59 years) with stage I-IV cancer who completed a routine tablet-based psychosocial distress screening at a large academic hybrid, multisite, community-based cancer institute between January 2017 and January 2019. Most patients were female (61%) and white (77%).<h2>Factors related to pain</h2>The following factors were associated with severe pain:<ul>
<li>Tumor site (gastrointestinal, gynecologic, and head and neck cancers)</li>
<li>Advanced disease</li>
<li>Black race</li>
<li>Lower income</li>
</ul>In addition, anxiety (P&lt;0.001) and <a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/mobile-phone-app-treating-insomnia-and-depression-files-for-fda-approval/">depression</a> (P&lt;0.001) were associated with pain intensity after accounting for clinicodemographic factors. The effect of depression on pain differed by level of social support (P=0.009). The effect of anxiety on pain differed in patients reporting transportation issues (P=0.035).&ldquo;Social support buffers the negative impact of anxiety/depression on pain,&rdquo; the researchers noted. &ldquo;Clinicians who treat cancer pain should be attuned to modifiable psychological factors, which can greatly influence a patient&rsquo;s pain experience. [These] findings emphasize the need for interdisciplinary multimodal approaches for cancer pain.&rdquo;

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