[Quality of life of lumbago patients cared for in a pain center].
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.
Nayme
P
P
Centre de la douleur, Hôpital Nord F42055 Saint Etienne.
Dazord
A
A
Payre
D
D
Joux-Ruesch
A
A
Richard
A
A
Calmels
P
P
Navez
M
M
Laurent
B
B
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
Qualité de vie de patients lombalgiques suivis dans un centre de la douleur.