ISSN: 1859 - 2872
Quality of life of patients with chronic pain treated at Department of Neurology - 103 Military Hospital
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Objective: To study the relationship between the quality of life and clinical characteristics in patients with chronic pain at the Department of Neurology – 103 Military Hospital. Subject and method: A total of 246 inpatients with chronic pain treated at Department of Neurology - 103 Military Hospital, from September 2018 to April 2019. Patient information was collected in a consistent clinical record with general characteristics, location, nature and intensity of pain. Quality of life of patients was calculated on the SF-36 scale. Result: Out of 1,470 patients examined, 500 patients had pain, of which chronic pain accounted for 246/1470 (16.7%). If calculated on patients with pain, chronic pain accounted for 246/500 (49.2%). The average pain intensity was 6.67 ± 1.70 (through Numerical Rating Scale: NRS). Most patients with chronic pain (95.1%) have a good or moderate, bad quality of life. Quality of life in female patients and over 60 years old was worse than that in male patients, age of 60 and under 60 years old (p<0.05). There was a negative correlation between pain intensity and quality of life with a correlation coefficient r = 0.45, p<0.001. Conclusion: The prevalence of inpatients at the Department of Neurology - 103 Military Hospital who suffered from chronic pain, accounted for 16.7%. The pain severity was mainly moderate, severe and very severe (average NRS = 6.67). These patients mainly had a good, moderate or bad quality of life. Chronic pain was negatively correlated with the quality of life with r = 0.45.
Keywords: Chronic pain, quality of life, Department of Neurology – 103 Military Hospital.
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