Objective: To explore the interrelations among self-tolerance, self-management, emotional states, and cancer-related bone metastatic pain and to understand how these factors collectively influence patient outcomes.
Methods: We conducted a study with 160 inpatients suffering from cancer-related bone metastatic pain. The study spanned from June 2022 to June 2023. Using validated instruments, we collected comprehensive clinical data and assessed participants for self-tolerance, self-management, emotional states, and pain levels.
Results: The study found no significant differences in self-tolerance, self-management, emotional state, and pain across different cancer types, genders, and stages (P > .05). Notably, self-tolerance showed a negative correlation with self-management (r = -0.51, P < .001) and a positive correlation with emotional state (r = 0.266, P = .001) and pain (r = 0.34, P < .001). The standardized path coefficient values from the chain relationship model were significant, such as the impact of emotional state on pain (0.166, P = .023) and self-management on pain (-0.291, P < .01).
Conclusion: The pain of cancer bone metastases is related to self-tolerance, negative emotion, and self-management. Self-tolerance can directly affect pain and can also affect pain through the chain relationship between negative emotion and self-management. The pain of cancer bone metastases is related to self-tolerance, negative emotion, and self-management. Self-tolerance can directly affect pain and can also affect pain through the chain relationship between negative emotion and self-management.