title: [Quality of life of lumbago patients cared for in a pain center].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the quality of life of patients treated in a pain center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty eight patients were assessed during their first consultation, then 6, 12 and 18 months later, using a quality of life questionnaire "SQVP or Subjective Quality of Life Profile" validated in French populations and a panel of questionnaires for the monitoring of chronic pain, recommended by the ANAES (French Agency for Health Assessment).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results showed that: the patients' quality of life was clearly deteriorated (lowest quality in the data base--14,000 patients--with regard to the SQVP); the profile obtained (severe handicap) suggests that the lumbagos are part of a psychiatric context; the patients' quality of life clearly improves after 6 months' treatment, but the pain only stabilizes later.
authors.affiliation: Centre de la douleur, Hôpital Nord F42055 Saint Etienne.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nayme
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dazord
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Payre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joux-Ruesch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Calmels
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Navez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Laurent
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018710:Pain Clinics; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Qualité de vie de patients lombalgiques suivis dans un centre de la douleur.