title: [The prevalence of pain and different pain treatments in adults].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to determine prevalence of pain (p) in adults and their preference for pain treatment, by using questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  First 7 questions of "Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form" and "Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire" were applied to 250 participants in face to face interview. A hundred eighty of the individuals were women (38.3±14.0 years old) and 70 were men (36.6±13.2 years old). Data analysis were performed using SPSS, version 10.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighteen individuals (7.2%) had no pain and 232 (92.8%) of them had pain in different parts of the body. A hundred fourty five individuals had lowback p, 116 neck p, 101 dorsal p, 152 shoulder p, 69 upperarm p, 66 forearm p, 75 wrist p, 59 hip p, 69 upper leg p, 98 knee p, 81 crus pain. Their mean pain score was 3.6±1.8, mean pain score at its worst in the last 24 hours was 4.4±2.6. Thirty three percent of individuals had used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and/or analgesic drugs to relieve pain, 22.7% had physical therapy, 4.1% had other pain-relief methods, 1.2% had surgery, and 38% had nothing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results showed that 92.8% adults had pain. Although shoulder has highest pain prevalance, severe pain was mostly described in lowback area. Knee pain was largely interfered work ability. An important percent of persons experiencing pain has recieved no treatment and first preference for treatment was drug. Inspite of high pain prevalence in our study, slightly uncomfortable pain severity and no need for treatment can be explain a result of individual differences in pain perception.
authors.affiliation: İstanbul University, School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, İstanbul, Turkey. scorpiotugba@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Tuğba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuru
authors.forename: Ipek
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yeldan
authors.forename: Ayşe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zengin
authors.forename: Alis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kostanoğlu
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tekeoğlu
authors.forename: Yildiz Analay
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Akbaba
authors.forename: Devrim
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tarakçi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D058748:Pain Perception; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal