Patient Satisfaction With Chronic Pain Management: Patient Perspectives of Improvement

Chronic appendicitis in a patient with 15 years abdominal pain

Khorasani B1, Gholizadeh Pasha A2 1. Assistant professor, Department of surgery, Faculty of medicine, Tehran University of rehabilitation 2. Assistant professor, Department of surgery, Faculty of medicine, Babol University of medical sciences Abstract Background: Acute appendicitis is a completely known disease but for many physicians chronic appendicitis is unknown and some of them do...

Management of the chronic pain patient.

Patient expectations for chronic pain management.

INTRODUCTION In New Zealand, one in six people report chronic pain, but the literature indicates only a 30% pain reduction is typically achieved in about half of treated patients. Most patients expecting a cure of their pain, or even substantial pain reduction, are therefore likely to be disappointed. It is important to align patient expectations with this reality. METHODS This study analysed...

Why discrepancy between patient satisfaction and documentation of pain management?

Introduction and purpose Pain is one of the main causes leading to admission in the Emergency Department (ED) and has importance for patient satisfaction. Baseline LUP data of patient satisfaction has demonstrated that although patients are content, audit of the health care documentation of pain treatment seems insufficiently. Therefore, this study will investigate the difference between patien...

Patient satisfaction with the management of infertility.

The objective of this study was to assess patient satisfaction with the investigation and initial management of infertility. A postal questionnaire survey was carried out of 1366 women attending outpatient clinics for the investigation and initial management of infertility at 12 hospitals throughout Scotland. The response rate to the questionnaire was 59% (806/1366). Overall, 87% of responders ...