Quality of life and chronic nonmalignant pain

Gerstle, David S.; All, Anita C.; Wallace, Debra C.

doi:10.1053/jpmn.2001.24716

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“…BPI has advantages over other instruments to be a feature of multidimensional evaluation that can assess the severity of pain at the time and in the past, affected sites and still the main reactive aspects that affect the quality of life of individuals. Through the impact on the general activity, mood, work, sleep, interpersonal relationships and ability to walk and enjoy life, this tool can encompass the main aspects involved with chronic pain 27 . The present study demonstrated that BPI can be successfully applied in population studies.…”

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Pain assessment through the brief pain inventory in a low socio-economic level population

Santos¹,

Vieira²,

Goes³

et al. 2015

Revista Dor

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Chronic pain affects thousands of people, changing their functionality and emotional status. The Brief Pain Inventory has not been used in populational studies and may be a relevant tool. This study aimed at characterizing chronic pain sensory aspects and their influence on daily life activities. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional populational study carried out in a Family Health Unit (Salvador/BA/Brazil). Participated in the study 191 individuals aged 20 years or above, with pain for six months or longer. Brief Pain Inventory was used as evaluation tool because it has sensory aspects as predicting variables and reactive aspects as outcome variables. Chi-square test was used for proportional analysis and Spearman correlation test was used for intergroup comparisons. RESULTS: Sample was made up of 86.4% females, single (48.7%), non white (49.7%), low education (46.6%) and low socio-economic level (100.0%). Most participants (46.8%) have reported pain for at least five years, with predominance of knees (46.1%) and lumbar spine (42.4%), being that 77.5% of the population made systematic use of some painkiller. There has been negative correlation between sensory and reactive variables: general activities (p<0.001; r=0.482), mood (p<0.001; r=0.396), walking ability (p<0.001; r=0.318) and working ability (p<0.001; r=0.389). There has been no correlation for the ability of enjoying life (p=0.403; r=0.061). CONCLUSION: In a low socio-economic level population, chronic pain primarily affects knees and lumbar spine with negative interference on general activities, mood, walking and working ability. Keywords: Chronic pain, Epidemiology, Population. entre 20 anos ou mais, com queixa de dor por um período igual ou superior a seis meses. O Inventário Breve de Dor foi utilizado como um instrumento de avaliação que tem os aspectos sensoriais como variáveis previsoras, e os aspectos reativos como variáveis de desfecho. Foi utilizado o teste qui-quadrado para análise proporcional e correlação de Spearman para a comparação intergrupo. RESULTADOS: A amostra foi composta por 86,4% de mulheres, solteiros (48,7%), não brancos (49,7%), baixa escolaridade (46,6%) e baixo nível socioeconômico (100,0%). A maioria (46,8%) descreveu dor por período no mínimo de cinco anos, com predominância em joelhos (46,1%) e coluna lombar (42,4%). Setenta e sete e meio por cento da população faz uso sistemático de algum fármaco para dor. Encontrou-se correlação negativa entre as variáveis sensoriais com variáveis reativas: atividades gerais (p<0,001; r=0,482), humor (p<0,001; r=0,396), capacidade de caminhar (p<0,001; r=0,318) e capacidade de trabalho (p<0,001; r=0,389). Não houve correlação para a capacidade de apreciar a vida (p=0,403; r=0,061). CONCLUSÃO: Em uma população de baixo nível socioeconô-mico, a dor crônica afeta especialmente os joelhos e a coluna lombar com interferência negativa nas atividades gerais, humor, capacidade de andar e trabalhar. Descritores: Dor crônica,Epidemiologia, População. Pain assessme...

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Pain assessment through the brief pain inventory in a low socio-economic level population

Santos¹,

Vieira²,

Goes³

et al. 2015

Revista Dor

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“…Saastamoinen, Leino-Arjas, Laaksonen, and Lahelma (2005) found employees in Helsinki with relatively low educational attainment and occupational class were most at risk of chronic/disabling pain, while Dorner et al (2011) report that people with lower OSS not only experience more severe pain, but also greater pain-related disability when severity is controlled for. Gerstle et al (2001) found that amongst Americans with chronic pain, low OSS was associated with lower perceived life quality.…”

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“…Finally, it does not consider the extent to which individuals' lives are affected by pain. As discussed, low OSS individuals tend to be more disabled by pain (Dorner et al, 2011;Portenoy, Ugarte, Fuller, & Haas, 2004), and experience lower life quality (Gerstle et al, 2001). Overall, these limitations suggest that future research should perhaps include subjective measures of pain and general health, whilst still including analgesic prescriptions as an objective measure.…”

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“…This work generally examines the relationship between OSS and chronic pain, such as backache, musculoskeletal pain, and headaches/migraines (Gerstle, All, & Wallace, 2001). Saastamoinen, Leino-Arjas, Laaksonen, and Lahelma (2005) found employees in Helsinki with relatively low educational attainment and occupational class were most at risk of chronic/disabling pain, while Dorner et al (2011) report that people with lower OSS not only experience more severe pain, but also greater pain-related disability when severity is controlled for.…”

Section: Oss and Painmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The pain of low status: the relationship between subjective socio-economic status and analgesic prescriptions in a Scottish community sample

Wakefield

Sani

Madhok

et al. 2015

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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“…Although psychosocial factors play a central role in the maintenance of chronic pain and disability [7], pain has mainly been studied as a physical symptom related to duration and intensity. When relating pain parameters such as pain intensity and frequency to QOL among individuals with pain, these factors do not seem crucial when defining it [4,[8][9][10].…”

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The influence of psychosocial factors on quality of life among women with pain: a prospective study in Sweden

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Quality of life and chronic nonmalignant pain

Cited by 30 publications

References 35 publications

Pain assessment through the brief pain inventory in a low socio-economic level population

Pain assessment through the brief pain inventory in a low socio-economic level population

The pain of low status: the relationship between subjective socio-economic status and analgesic prescriptions in a Scottish community sample

The influence of psychosocial factors on quality of life among women with pain: a prospective study in Sweden

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