Pain Management

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Effect of Depression Treatment on Chronic Pain Outcomes — Feb 24, 2011

Depression treatment improves mental health and reduces the effects of pain on work among individuals with both chronic pain and depression.

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An Analysis of Applicants Presenting to a Medical Marijuana Specialty Practice in California — Dec 31, 2010

This study provides descriptive information about 1,655 applicants in California who sought a physician's recommendation for medical marijuana, the conditions for which they sought treatment, and the diagnoses made by the physicians.

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Factors Associated with Clinician Intention to Address Diverse Aspects of Pain in Seriously Ill Outpatients — Dec 31, 2009

This study of the factors associated with clinician's intention to treat pain symptoms suggests that useful targets for improving pain management include bolstering clinicians? confidence in their own pain management skills and improving their trust in pain ratings.

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Development, Validation and Testing of an Epidemiological Case Definition of Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome — Dec 31, 2009

For prevalence studies of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome, the best approach may be to use two definitions of the syndrome that yield a range. Case definitions developed in the RAND Interstitial Cystitis Epidemiology study can be used for this purpose.

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Nursing Staff, Patient, and Environmental Factors Associated with Accurate Pain Assessment — Dec 31, 2009

Although pain is a common reason for seeking medical care, pain screening at intake is often inaccurate.

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Pain Interference Impacts Response to Treatment for Anxiety Disorders — Dec 31, 2008

A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial for anxiety treatment in primary care. Participants with panic disorder (PD) and/or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were randomized to either their primary-care physician's usual care or a 12-month course of telephone-based collaborative care.

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The Minimally Important Difference for the Fatigue Visual Analog Scale in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Followed in an Academic Clinical Practice — Dec 31, 2007

Estimates the minimally important difference for a fatigue visual analog scale (VAS) using patient-reported anchors (fatigue, pain, and overall health). This information can aid in interpreting fatigue VAS in day-to-day care in clinical practice.

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Psychosocial Variables Affect the Quality of Life of Men Diagnosed with Chronic Prostatitis/chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome — Dec 31, 2007

These data can be used to develop specific cognitive-behavioural programmes for men with CP/CPPS who are refractory to standard medical therapy.

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Relationships Among Pain, Anxiety, and Depression in Primary Care — Dec 31, 2007

Primary care patients with reports of muscle pain, headache, or stomach pain are approximately 2.5-10 times more likely to screen positively for panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, or major depressive disorder.

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Category III Chronic Prostatitis/chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Insights from the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network Studies — Dec 31, 2007

Shares insights from the landmark National Institutes of Health-funded Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network studies, which have improved management of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.

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Conducta Del Enfermo Ante El Dolor Cronico: Illness Behavior in Chronic Pain — Dec 31, 2007

In patient decisions to seek care for chronic pain, the first option was to go to the popular sector, then a general physician, and then a specialist. Illness behaviour should be seen as a process combining the use of different health care sectors.

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The Relationship of Reported Pain Severity to Perceived Effect on Function of Nursing Home Residents — Dec 31, 2007

Finds that questions addressing the effect of pain on day-to-day functions are an important addition to standardized pain assessments in nursing homes, particularly for persons who report intermediate levels of pain severity.

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Evidence for Improving Palliative Care at the End of Life: A Systematic Review — Dec 31, 2007

Assesses evidence about interventions to improve palliative and end-of-life care.

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Racial Differences in the Use of Epidural Analgesia for Labor — Dec 31, 2006

There is strong evidence that pain is undertreated in black and Hispanic patients.

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Cancer Care Quality Measures: Symptoms and End-of-Life Care — Dec 31, 2005

No measures or indicators were available to evaluate the quality of supportive pediatric cancer care. Basic research is urgently needed to address measurement in populations with impaired self-report. Funding field testing of highest quality measures should be an urgent patient and family-centered priority to meet the needs of patients with cancer.

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Treating Low Back Pain — Dec 31, 2004

Prediction rules have yet to be published for the interventions listed as brief pain-management programmes, but there is evidence that some tools are useful in detecting psychosocial aspects of low back pain and are predictive of poor outcomes.

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Using Orthotics to Improve Pain and Function Status in Children with Arthritis — Dec 31, 2004

This paper studied foot pain and treatment options for children with juvenile arthritis, in particular the use of custom-made orthotics.

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A National Study of the Effect of Chronic Pain on the Use of Health Care By Depressed Persons — Dec 31, 2002

Comorbid pain among persons with depression is associated with more intensive use of general medical services but lower rates of use of mental health services.

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Bedside Charting of Pain Levels in Hospitalized Patients with Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial — Dec 31, 1995

Examines bedside charting of pain levels in hospitalized patients with cancer to see if it yields an improvement in pain control in cancer patients.

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