Table 6 Reported use of non-opioid pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies to manage cancer pain, by institution, by role
| Â | Overall | Public General Hospital | Public Cancer Hospital | Private Cancer Hospital | Hospice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100% (92) | 29%(27) | 33%(30) | 30%(28) | 8%(7) | ||||||
Role %(n) within row total | Total | Nurse | Physician | Nurse | Physician | Nurse | Physician | Nurse | Physician | Nurse |
100%(92) | 70%(64) | 30%(28) | 78%(21) | 22%(6) | 47%(14) | 53%(16) | 79%(22) | 21%(6) | 100%(7) | |
Non-opioid pharmacological therapies used to manage cancer pain* % within column total (n) | ||||||||||
 NSAIDs** | 96%(88) | 94%(60) | 100%(28) | 90%(19) | 100%(6) | 100%(14) | 100%(16) | 96%(21) | 100%(6) | 86%(6) |
 Steroids | 91%(84) | 92%(59) | 89%(25) | 90%(19) | 100%(6) | 93%(13) | 81%(23) | 91%(20) | 100%(6) | 100%( 7) |
 Paracetamol | 95%(87) | 92%(59) | 100%(28) | 95%(20) | 100%(6) | 86%(12) | 100%(16) | 96%(21) | 100%(6) | 86%(6) |
 Amitriptyline | 90%(83) | 91%(58) | 89%(25) | 86%(18) | 83%(5) | 93%(13) | 88%(14) | 91%(20) | 100%(6) | 100%(7) |
 Gabapentin | 83%(76) | 81%(52) | 86%(24) | 67%(14) | 83%(5) | 71%(10) | 81%(13) | 96%(21) | 100%(6) | 100%(7) |
 Pre-gabalin | 88%(81) | 89%(57) | 86%(24) | 95%(20) | 100%(6) | 64%(9) | 75%(12) | 96%(21) | 100%(6) | 100%(7) |
 Other^ | 18%(17) | 15%(10) | 25%(7) | 0%(0) | 33%(2) | 7%(1) | 25%(4) | 9%(2) | 17%(1) | 100%(7) |
 I do not use any of these | 1%(1) | 0%(0) | 4%(1) | 0%(0) | 0%(0) | 0%(0) | 6%(1) | 0%(0) | 0%(0) | 0%(0) |
Non-pharmacological therapies used to manage cancer pain* % within column total (n) | ||||||||||
 Heat/cold packs | 82%(75) | 92%(59) | 57%(16) | 76%(16) | 33%(2) | 100%(14) | 50%(8) | 100%(22) | 100%(6) | 100%(7) |
 Massage | 79%(73) | 88%(56) | 61%(17) | 67%(14) | 50%(3) | 100%(14) | 50%(8) | 96%(21) | 100%(6) | 100%(7) |
 Acupuncture/acupressure | 27%(25) | 28%(18) | 25%(7) | 19%(4) | 0%(0) | 79%(11) | 44%(7) | 9%(2) | 0%(0) | 14%(1) |
 Meditation/yoga | 35%(32) | 38%(24) | 29%(8) | 29%(6) | 33%(2) | 86%(12) | 38%(6) | 5%(1) | 0%(0) | 71%(5) |
 TENS*** | 17%(16) | 17%(11) | 18%(5) | 19%(4) | 17%(1) | 43%(6) | 25%(4) | 0%(0) | 0%(0) | 14%(1) |
 Other^^ | 21%(19) | 22%(14) | 18%(5) | 38%(8) | 33%(2) | 7%(1) | 19%(3) | 0%(0) | 0%(0) | 71%(5) |
 I do not use any of these | 8%(7) | 2%(1) | 21%(6) | 5%(1) | 33%(2) | 0%(0) | 25%(4) | 0%(0) | 0%(0) | 0%(0) |