The effect of medical cannabis oil for pain in cancer and palliative patients
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This quasi-experiment-one-group pretest-posttest design aimed to study and compare pain levels, quality of life before and after using medical cannabis oil for treatment, and the satisfaction of cancer patients and palliative cancer patients at Chonburi hospital. The concepts consisted of pain in cancer patients and palliative cancer patients, quality of life of the World Health Organization (WHO), and VROOM satisfaction. The sample was cancer patients and patients with palliative cancer in pain clinics and cannabis clinics. A purposive sample of 15 patients was selected consisting of cancer patients and palliative cancer patients at the pain clinic and cannabis clinic. The research instruments consisted of SPAASMS (Score for Chronic Pain Thai’s version), health-related quality of life measure (EQ-5D-5L, and satisfaction questionnaire. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.63, 0.77 and 0.89 respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Repeated Measure ANOVA.
The results revealed that the chronic pain level and quality of life of the cancer patients and palliative cancer patients before and after using medical cannabis oil for treatment were significantly difference (p < .05). Chronic pain of the patients had decreased. Quality of life of the patients had increased on weeks 2, 4, and 8. The patients were satisfied at the highest level (Mean 4.81, SD 0.27).
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