Epidemiological characteristics analysis of outpatient patients with chronic pain in two hospitals in Hunan Province
10.3760/cma.j.cn431274-20240817-01271
- VernacularTitle:湖南省两所医院门诊慢性疼痛患者的流行病学特征分析
- Author:
Yiling DENG
1
;
Meng SU
;
Fei ZHOU
;
Dong HUANG
;
Rong HU
Author Information
1. 中南大学湘雅三医院疼痛科，长沙 410013
- Keywords:
Chronic pain;
International classification of diseases;
Outpatients
- From:
Journal of Chinese Physician
2024;26(9):1285-1289
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the epidemiological characteristics of chronic pain patients based on the the 11th edition of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) chronic pain classification in pain clinics.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted on chronic pain patients who visited the pain department outpatient clinics of the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University and Anfu Street Health Center in Linli County from July 2021 to July 2024. The general situation and epidemiological characteristics of chronic pain of the survey subjects were understood through outpatient medical records, and the differences in chronic pain composition ratio, gender, age, and season between the two hospitals were compared.Results:A total of 15 783 patients with chronic pain were enrolled. The constituent ratio of patients with chronic pain was as follows: chronic cancer-related pain (5.33%, n=841), chronic secondary musculoskeletal pain (80.98%, n=12 781), chronic secondary visceral pain (3.14%, n=496), chronic secondary headache or orofacial pain (1.30%, n=205), chronic neuropathic pain (5.08%, n=801), chronic postsurgical or post traumatic pain (1.93%, n=305) and chronic primary pain (2.24%, n=354). There were statistically significant differences in the constituent ratio of chronic pain classification, season, gender and age in the two hospitals (all P<0.001). Conclusions:In general, chronic secondary musculoskeletal pain had the highest proportion in this study, followed by chronic cancer-related pain and chronic neuropathic pain. Gender, age, and season were important influencing factors of chronic pain. There were certain differences between the two hospitals.
