[Quality of life in osteomuscular chronic pain].

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To value the quality of life of the patients with osteomuscular chronic pain users of two Primary Care Centres, by means of the application of questionnaire COOP-WONCA adapted to the Spanish during the second semester of 2003 and first of 2004. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cross-sectional observational descriptive design. Systematic random sample. 320 users of the Health Centres of Puerto de Sagunto (Valencia) and Alto Palancia (Castellón) that suffer chronic pain of osteomuscular origin. Collection of data from the application of Questionnaire COOP-WONCA adapted to Spanish. RESULTS The subjective perception of health of the great majority of our population is regular or bad. Greater deterioration of the physical state than of the mental one. Badly pharmacologic control of pain. CONCLUSIONS The musculoskeletal chronic pain has a noticeable repercussion on the quality of life.