title: [Usefulness of a multidimensional self-administered questionnaire for the clinical management of a pain treatment unit].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the feasibility of a multidimensional self-administered questionnaire before the patient is seen at the first visit in a clinical Pain Treatment Unit (PTU) of a tertiary hospital, and its impact on the management of patients in the first visit.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study. Self-administered questionnaire that gathered: socio-demographic data, medical history of pain, pain perception (intensity and characteristics), comorbidity of pain and patient expectations of analgesic treatment ("What do you expect from our treatment? If we cannot resolve your pain, what level of pain would you be willing to live with?). A descriptive analysis was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 293 consecutive patients (31% men, 69% women), mean age (SD) 62 (16) years-old, were included in 2011. All patients completed and returned the questionnaire before the first visit to the PTU. The questionnaire was completed fully and correctly by 80% (234, 95% CI: 75-84) of the patients, and the rest completed the questionnaire with some points unanswered. About 24% (70/293, 95% CI: 19-29) of the patients should not have been referred to the PTU [20% were not attended]. A small percentage (9%,26/293, 95% CI: 6-13) were evaluated as «urgent'» and visited over the following 7 days, with 19% (56/293, 95%CI: 15-24) being «preferential» (visited before 15 days) and 52% (152/293, 95% CI: 46-58) as «non-urgent/non-preferential» (visited before 60 days). Almost one third (30%, 87/293, 95% CI: 25-35) did not need a second visit to the PTU. Patient expectations: 21% expected complete pain relief and 64% would accept a lower pain intensity score of 4.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of a multidimensional self-administered questionnaire before the first visit to a clinical Pain Treatment Unit of a tertiary hospital was a practicable and useful tool for the management of patients on the first visit. Likewise, the questionnaire provided information on the patient's perception of pain and the expectations concerning the analgesic treatment.
authors.affiliation: Unitat Tractament Dolor, Servei d'Anestèsia, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Busquets
authors.affiliation: Unitat Tractament Dolor, Servei d'Anestèsia, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ojeda
authors.affiliation: Plataforma de Bioestadística y Gestión de Datos, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clínico; Unidad de Bioestadística, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.affiliation: Unitat Tractament Dolor, Servei d'Anestèsia, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Faulí
authors.affiliation: Unitat Tractament Dolor, Servei d'Anestèsia, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.affiliation: Unitat Tractament Dolor, Servei d'Anestèsia, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bogdanovich
authors.affiliation: Unitat Tractament Dolor, Servei d'Anestèsia, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giménez-Milà
authors.affiliation: Unitat Tractament Dolor, Servei d'Anestèsia, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hernández-Cera
authors.affiliation: Unitat Tractament Dolor, Servei d'Anestèsia, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fàbregas
authors.affiliation: Societat Catalana de Dolor, Academia de Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud de Cataluña y de Baleares, Barcelona, España; Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Facultat de Ciències de la Salut i de la Vida, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: svidelaces@gmail.com.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Videla
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Cuestionario autoadministrado; Dolor; Pain; Pain perception; Percepción del dolor; Questionnaire self-report