Table 1 Characteristics of pain and its treatment in the patients studied.
Duration of pain (months) | N | 1393 |
Mean (SD) | 30.8 (43.5) | |
Median (P25; P75) | 13 (6.0; 37.0) | |
Intensity of pain (VAS) | N | 3189 |
Mean (SD) | 55.9 (19.8) | |
Median (P25; P75) | 56 (42.5; 70.0) | |
Pain locationa | N = 3189 | % |
- Head | 2063 | 64.7 |
- neck | 2282 | 71.6 |
- back | 2283 | 71.6 |
- limbs | 1865 | 58.5 |
- joints | 1954 | 61.3 |
Specific known etiology (yes)b | N = 1154 | 38.3% |
- Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorder | 898 | 77.8 |
- Nervous system disorder | 155 | 13.4 |
- Anxiety/Somatic disorder | 117 | 10.1 |
- Metabolism disorder | 70 | 6.1 |
- Vascular disorder | 49 | 4.2 |
- Other disorders (neoplasias, digestive inmune, etc) | 151 | 13.1 |
Current treatmentc | N = 3004 | 94.2% |
- Analgesics* | 2729 | |
◦ NSAIDs | 2623 | 96.1 |
◦ Opioids | 290 | 10.6 |
- Psychotropics* | 1262 | |
◦ Anxiolitics/Hypnotics | 971 | 76.9 |
◦ Anticonvulsivants | 99 | 7.8 |