The Clinical journal of pain
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To determine the prevalence of pain and its impact among nursing homes residents with different cognitive and communication abilities. ⋯ Cognitive status does not affect pain prevalence; however, it affects the chronicity and characteristics of reported pain. Self-report of pain-related mood involvement is associated with significant mood scores.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Acupuncture for chronic low back pain in routine care: a multicenter observational study.
To investigate patient characteristics and outcomes after undergoing acupuncture treatment for chronic low back pain (cLBP) in Germany and to analyze chronification, pain grading, and depression as predictors for treatment outcomes. ⋯ Acupuncture treatment is associated with clinically relevant improvements in patients suffering from cLBP of varying degrees of chronification and/or severity.
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To assess the health and quality of life associated with chronic pain of predominantly neuropathic origin (POPNO) on health and daily activity in the general population. ⋯ This study confirms the importance of identifying neuropathic pain in the community, and the need for multidimensional management strategies that address all aspects of health.
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To examine the incidence of abnormal urine toxicology screening among chronic pain patients prescribed opioids for their pain and to relate these results to patient descriptors and type, number, and dose of prescribed opioids. ⋯ These results confirm past findings that random urine toxicology screens among patients prescribed opioids for pain reveal a high incidence of abnormal findings. Common patient descriptors, and number, type, and dose of prescribed opioids were found to be poor predictors of abnormal results.