[Intervention study on subacute and chronic pain in primary care: an approach to the effectiveness of neural therapy]. / Estudio de intervención sobre el dolor subagudo y crónico en atención primaria: una aproximación a la efectividad de la terapia neural.
Aten Primaria
; 43(11): 604-10, 2011 Nov.
Article
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| ID: mdl-21474207
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the effectiveness of NT in reducing pain and minimising use of analgesics in patients.DESIGN:
Before and after intervention study.SETTING:
Llefià Primary Health Care centre in Badalona (Barcelona).PARTICIPANTS:
Eighty-two patients between the ages of 25 and 85 years old, who suffered pain that did not disappear after a month. MAIN MEASUREMENTS Data was collected to evaluate any change in pain and the use of analgesics in patients before intervention and then afterwards, at 2 weeks, 3 months and 6 months. This was conducted by means of interviews and use of the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS).RESULTS:
Mean VAS pre-treatment 7.94 (SD 1.68), mean VAS after two weeks 4.63 (SD 2.79), after 3 months 3.73 (SD 3.17), and after 6 months 3.48 (SD 3,27) (P<.001 in the 3 comparisons, using the Wilcoxon-test for matched data). As regards analgesic use after treatment, 74.4% of patients reduced it after 2 weeks, 76.8% after 3 months and 80% after 6 months.CONCLUSIONS:
Neural therapy can be effective in reducing pain, as well as the use of analgesics. Further clinical trials would be needed to confirm this assertion.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Dolor Agudo
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Dolor Crónico
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Anestesia Local
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Revista:
Aten Primaria
Año:
2011
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Article
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