iarjmsIARJMSIARJMS2708-3594https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjms.2023.v04i01.041Impact of Cancer Pain Severity on Quality of Life in JordanThaniOdehAlawamrehObiedaMohammadAlawasaYazanAhmad BaniHamadFayzIbrahim AltalafiehHamzehGhazi AbuZetounMohammadAlSoreekyBackground: Cancer patients suffer from pain along the cancer continuum, cancer pain is an unpleasant feeling arises from a tumor compressing or infiltrating to the adjacent body parts, interferes with a person's quality of life, 40% of all cancer patients report moderate to severe pain, 75% suffer from severe pain in advanced stages, this study will be theoretically guided by Roy adaptation model Purpose: to assess risk factor for cancer pain severity on quality of life among cancer patients in military cancer center in Jordan. Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional design were conducted on a convenience sample among Jordanian cancer patients' who treated in military cancer center, online brief pain inventory and EORTC QLQ C-30 (version 3.0) questionnaires were used, Data were analyzed by using SPSS- version 23, descriptive analysis and logistic regression were also used. Results: Jordanian cancer patients had moderate mean total scores for pain severity and mean total scores for quality of life. 300 patients were include in this study, 179 (59.7%) were females and 121(40.3) were males. The mean age of the study subjects was 53.9 years. 137 (45.6%) patients had income lower than 500 JD/month. Breast cancers were most common among the patients accounting for 115 (38.4%) followed by gastrointestinal cancers 65 (21.6%). One hundred (33.3%) patients were presented with stage 3 cancers, while 45 (15%). Logistic regression analysis revealed that patient age (OR = 2.219, 95% CI: 1.113-15.005, p = 0.034), female patient (OR = 2.303, 95% CI: 1.207-15.343, p = 0.024), gastrointestinal malignancy (OR = 3.613, 95%CI: 1.082-20.579, p = 0.031), advanced stage (OR = 2.512, 95% CI: 1.102-16.021, p = 0.023), education level (OR = 1.583, 95% CI: 1.965-9.385, p = 0.044), income (OR = 1.783, 95%CI: 1.112-11.216, p = 0.01) and smoking (OR = 3.812, 95%CI: 1.009-22.821, p = 0.004) were all identified as significant independent risk factor for degree of pain severity Conclusion: there is an inverse relationship between pain severity and QOL, it's highly recommended to get a structured training and teaching program in pain medicine, develop polices and action plans for cancer pain management and implement palliative care model in governmental hospital'ssetting.