A population-based study on chronic pain and the use of opioids in Portugal

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2844-2852

  Azevedo, Luís Filipe ^a,b,c   Costa Pereira, Altamiro ^a,b,c   Mendonça, Liliane ^a,c   Dias, Cláudia Camila ^a,b   Castro Lopes, José Manuel ^a,b,c,d  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Centro Nacional de Observação em Dor OBSERVDOR National Pain Observatory   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Disability; Effectiveness; Health services utilization; Opioid analgesics; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT; CODEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE NAPSILATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; FENTANYL; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MORPHINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXICAM DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL PLUS TRAMADOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM DIGIT DIALING; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT;

CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY; EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH SERVICES UTILIZATION; OPIOID ANALGESICS; SATISFACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PORTUGAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889086338     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.08.022     Document Type: Article

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