Program for managing chronic pain. II. Short-term results.
A program for treating inpatients who had chronic pain resulted in significant improvement in 79% of them by the time of their dismissal. At the time of short-term follow-up (6 months), however, this improvement rate had diminished to 50%. It was observed that this type of chronically disabled person can return home and increase work-related activity without returning to previous patterns of drug use and repeated hospitalizations.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid