ArticlePain and therapy2012
Outcomes in pain medicine: a brief review.
Article in Pain and therapy, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Enhancing Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Management: A Systematic Review of Mindfulness Therapies and Guided Imagery Interventions.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Neuropathic agents in the management of pruritus in burn injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of Remimazolam on Pain Perception and Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery-A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Trial
- Intravenous Lidocaine Response as a Predictor for Oral Oxcarbazepine Efficacy in Neuropathic Pain Syndrome: A Prospective Cohort Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Article
- The Effectiveness of Compression Garments for Reducing Pain in Non-Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A systematic literature review and narrative synthesis on the risk factors for developing affective disorders in open lower-limb fracture patients.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Review
- Type of clinical outcomes used by healthcare professionals to evaluate health-related quality of life domains to inform clinical decision making for chronic pain management.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019Article
- Impact of a multidisciplinary pain management program on patient care utilization and cost of care.Journal of pain research · 2018Article
- Acute Pain Medicine in the United States: A Status Report.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2015Article
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Abstract
Pain, and particularly chronic pain, is a difficult outcome to measure due to its subjective and multidimensional nature. The Institute of Medicine estimates that 100 million Americans have chronic pain with a cost exceeding half a trillion dollars per year. There is a pressing need to identify appropriate outcome measures to better select and evaluate treatment modalities for these patients. It is also important that we demonstrate an evidence basis for these decisions given the current practice standard. Appropriate selection and implementation of these outcome measures can help accomplish both goals. The purpose of this review is to explore the difficulties and opportunities unique to pain outcome measures. The scope of the problem and impetus for implementation of appropriate measures is initially discussed, followed by requisite evaluation criteria for any measurement instrument. The authors then review frequently employed tools for measuring pain outcomes ranging from univariable and single domain scales to multidimensional instruments. A discussion of possible behavioral and objective measures is pursued, as well as measures of statistical and treatment efficacy. The article closes with a review of recent and ongoing efforts to validate and standardize pain outcome measures and suggests directions for future clinical and research assessment.
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