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. 2015 Aug 22;5(4):e23528.
doi: 10.5812/aapm.23528. eCollection 2015 Aug.

Satisfaction With Chronic Pain Treatment

Parisa Islami Parkoohi  1 , Kimia Amirzadeh  2 , Vahid Mohabbati  3 , Gholamreza Abdollahifard  4
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Satisfaction With Chronic Pain Treatment

Parisa Islami Parkoohi et al. Anesth Pain Med. .

Abstract

Background: The effects of chronic pain (CP) on physical function and emotional and mental health of individuals, families, and community are well established. No adequate research is conducted in this field in Iran.

Objectives: The current study aimed to assess the prevalence of CP, types of treatments used for CP and patients' satisfaction with the CP treatments in an Iranian urban population.

Patients and methods: In the current study, CP was investigated using the international CP questionnaire administered to 1,050 adults living in Shiraz, Iran. The questionnaire consisted of 28 questions used to evaluate the effects of CP on the studied population including the prevalence of CP, pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for CP, and participants' satisfaction with CP treatments. All the statistical analyses were performed using SPSS software, version 18.

Results: In the current study, 6.95% of the 1,050 subjects willing to participate in the study had CP for more than six months. According to the results, 54% of the subjects with CP used analgesics, mostly non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and narcotic analgesics. Besides, 37% of the subjects used other pain relief methods such as traditional medicine and acupuncture. The results also showed an acceptable rate of satisfaction with treatments.

Conclusions: The number of subjects with CP proved it as a prevalent problem in the study population. Furthermore, characteristics and associations of those experiencing CP demonstrated that it might have significant negative health and psychosocial outcomes in this group. The problem was found significant enough to consider special health programs to prevent and manage CP in urban population of Shiraz.

Keywords: Chronic Pain; Demographics; Satisfaction; Treatment.

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