Re: Study: Things everyone already knows about pain
- From: "Juba" <juba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:57:07 -0800
OldGoat wrote:
Hey folks,
This is a pretty dumb study, right up there with "why prisoners want
to escape from prison." I'm thinking maybe we should write Mr. Boggs
(the story writer) about what you can expect if you do go to a doctor
complaining of chronic pain. Anyone else want to comment?
http://today.reuters.com/HelpAndInfo/ContactUs.aspx
Be Well--og
Pain patients often suffer in silence
By Will Boggs, MDFri Feb 24, 1:29 PM ET
More than 20 percent of patients with chronic pain do not seek
physician care for their pain, according to a report.
"We need to get over what for many people appeared to be the 'don't
ask, don't tell' mentality about chronic pain," Dr. Barbara P. Yawn
from Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota told Reuters Health.
Among 3575 individuals who responded to a mailed questionnaire, 2302
reported having chronic pain and 2221 answered relevant questions. The
investigators found that 497 of these patients (22.4 percent) said
that they had not informed their doctors about their pain.
And of those who told their doctors, how many received adequate
treatment? The figures I've seen place that number at around 25%. IOW
75% of those who suffer from chronic pain daily get no relief or
inadequate relief.
Of these silent pain sufferers, 70.6 percent had moderate or severe
pain, 48.9 percent had pain for eight days or more per month, and 40.6
percent met both of these criteria.
About one quarter of them reported at least moderate interference with
general activity and sleep, the results indicate. Vocal pain
sufferers were more likely to report interference with general
activity and sleep.
The survey showed that 78.9 percent of the silent sufferers used
over-the-counter pain medications (compared with 56.3 percent of vocal
sufferers), but only 5 percent used prescribed pain medications
(compared with 35.2 percent of vocal sufferers).
Silent sufferers made fewer health care visits per year than their
vocal counterparts (5.2 vs 8.6), the report indicates.
Educational and employment status had little impact on whether
patients were silent or vocal about their pain. Men were more likely
to be silent than women, the investigators say, and younger patients
were more likely to be silent than older patients.
"I think we need to reassure our patients (probably by example) that
we will listen to concerns about chronic pain and take those concerns
seriously," Yawn said, and "that we do have alternatives to the
'stronger' pain medications that can cause side effects and have the
potential for addiction."
These "alternatives" are in many cases far more dangerous than
narcotics.
--
Juba
www.masterjuba.com
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