Assessing chronic pain in general practice: Are guidelines relevant? A cluster randomized controlled trial

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 52-57

  Huas, Dominique ^a   Pouchain, Denis ^a   Gay, Bernard ^b   Avouac, Bernard ^c   Bouvenot, Gilles ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

Assessment scales; Chronic pain; General practice; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANALGESICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750472352     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780600872861     Document Type: Article

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