Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life and Costs of Managing Chronic Neuropathic Pain in Academic Pain Centres: Results from a One-Year Prospective Observational Canadian Study

J-E Tarride; DE Moulin; M Lynch; AJ Clark; L. Stitt; A Gordon; PK Morley-Forster; H Nathan; C Smyth; C Toth; MA Ware

doi:10.1155/2015/214873

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2015)

Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life and Costs of Managing Chronic Neuropathic Pain in Academic Pain Centres: Results from a One-Year Prospective Observational Canadian Study

J-E Tarride,
DE Moulin,
M Lynch,
AJ Clark,
L. Stitt,
A Gordon,
PK Morley-Forster,
H Nathan,
C Smyth,
C Toth,
MA Ware

Affiliations

J-E Tarride: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
DE Moulin: Departments of Clinical Neurological Sciences & Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
M Lynch: Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
AJ Clark: Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
L. Stitt: LW Stitt Statistical Services, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
A Gordon: Wasser Pain Management Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
PK Morley-Forster: Departments of Clinical Neurological Sciences & Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
H Nathan: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
C Smyth: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
C Toth: Fraser Health, Burnaby, British Columbia, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
MA Ware: Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/214873
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 6
pp. 327 – 333

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: The management of chronic pain, including neuropathic pain (NeP), is a major public health issue. However, there is a paucity of data evaluating pain management strategies in real-life settings.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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