OBJECTIVES This study compared outcomes between day hospital pain rehabilitation patients and patients engaged in outpatient multidisciplinary pain treatment. METHODS This study included 100 children who presented for an initial tertiary care pain clinic evaluation. 50 patients enrolled in intensive day hospital pain rehabilitation and 50 patients pursued outpatient multidisciplinary treatmen...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of pregabalin on pain, other symptoms, and patient-reported outcomes for patients with uncontrolled pain who have been referred to pain clinics. PATIENTS AND METHODS Adult patients with uncontrolled pain who had a score of ≥4 in the DN4 questionnaire were evaluated at baseline, month 3, and month 6. Evaluations included pain levels...

OBJECTIVE To find out the knowledge, attitude and practice of pain relief methods during labour among mothers attending antenatal clinics at Shalom Community Hospital, Athi River, Kenya. DESIGN Cross Sectional study. SETTING Shalom Community Hospital, Athi River, Kenya. SUBJECTS Two hundred and seven participants attending antenatal clinics at the facility were recruited. RESULTS The me...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate potential alternatives to the numeric rating scale (NRS) for routine pain screening. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Nineteen Veterans Affairs outpatient clinics in Southern California at two hospitals and six community sites. PATIENTS Five hundred twenty-eight veterans from primary care, cardiology, and oncology clinics sampled in proportion to the total number of v...

Pain arising from damage or malfunction of the nervous system (for example postherpetic neuralgia, peripheral nerve injuries and the neuropathies) is often severe and resistant to standard analgesics. These patients are commonly seen in pain clinics where they receive a variety of treatments including psychotropic drugs (such as antidepressants and anticonvulsants), nerve blocks and stimulation...

Abstract Objective Peripheral neuropathic pain (PNP) represents a major public health issue. Severe or refractory cases warrant tertiary multidisciplinary management, but little information is available about real-life care pathways. The primary objective of this cross-sectional, observational study was to investigate the pathways patients with PNP consulting for first time followed less than 1...

aim and background: there is a relation between patients' levels of physical functioning and their acceptance of chronic pain. however, this relation has not been examined amongst iranian chronic pain patients. the purpose of this paper was to evaluate the relation between acceptance of chronic pain and physical disability. methods and materials: in a descriptive-correlational study, convenienc...

The appearance of pain medicine in the United States of America and, to a lesser extent, in Europe over the last four decades is the phenomenon this book describes and reflects upon. There are really three books in one here. The first is an authoritative history of North American and French pain medicine, which offers a good account of the contributions of John Bonica, Ronald Melzack, Patrick W...