The future development of chronic pain relief

Chronic painful peripheral neuropathy in an urban community: a controlled comparison of people with and without diabetes

“…People with chronic pain typically experience fatigue, sleep disturbance, and decreased overall physical and mental functioning [31], and these issues must be addressed in the management of patients with CPPN. Successful pain treatment can reduce levels of anxiety and distress which frequently accompany chronic pain and there is good evidence that improved pain management by primary care physicians (where the majority of people who seek treatment will present) can produce considerable benefit [32]. As the treatment modalities for CPPN in recent years have vastly increased with a large number of medications and sophisticated neurostimulation methods available, more attention should be paid to reporting, assessing and treating the pain.…”

Pain in elderly patients: a neglected phenomenon?

“…It has been estimated that 5 million people in the UK might benefit from pain management services (Diamond 1991). Although this estimate included all age groups, it is likely that the majority of these people would be older and frailer than the general population.…”

Item analysis of cancer patient responses to the Multidimensional Affect and Pain Survey demonstrates high inter-item consistency and discriminability and determines the content of a short form

“…10,12,14 Unlike factor analysis, in which items are grouped together to generate factors that account for variance in responses, item analysis examines individual questions according to how well they are related to the desired construct. In the current study an item analysis was performed on cancer patients' responses to each of the 101 questions in the Somatosensory Pain, Emotional Pain, and Well-being Superclusters of the 101-MAPS.…”