OBJECTIVE Chronic musculoskeletal pain is a very common and costly health problem. Patients presenting to rheumatology clinics with chronic pain can be difficult to manage. We studied 354 patients referred to a rheumatology chronic pain clinic over 5 yrs to identify factors affecting their self-efficacy and intensity of pain. METHODS We collected data for each patient, covering demographic an...

The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is high and increasing worldwide. Patients usually use CAM in addition to conventional medicine, mainly to treat pain. In a large number of cases, people use CAM for chronic musculoskeletal pain as in osteoarthritis, back pain, neck pain, or fibromyalgia. Herewith, a review is presented of CAM efficacy in treating musculoskeletal pain for ...

Background — Musculoskeletal pain is one of the most common problem among office workers. The main reason related to long time spent sitting and associated lack physical activity. can affect not only their work-related performance, but also personal performance quality life. Research has mainly focused on effects activity in managing musculoskeletal workers, while research sparse pertaining pos...

Musculoskeletal pain and impaired function present the most common chronic health disorders. They are a huge burden on society affecting the economy as well as having serious consequences for quality of life at the individual level. Musculoskeletal disorders are one of the largest work related problems. They interfere with both activities of daily living and work ability, and constitute large e...

OBJECTIVES The diffusion of innovations theory suggests that early users of innovations influence others. This study was undertaken to apply the diffusion of innovations theory to the prescribing of celecoxib and to determine if prescriber and patient characteristics differed amongst early use of celecoxib for acute pain versus chronic musculoskeletal conditions. METHODS Using Manitobaâs popu...

Chronic pain is defined as persistent pain, which can be either continuous or recurrent and of suficient duration and intensity to affect patient's well-being, level of function and quality of life. The assessment should include the use of structured instruments to determine the severity, the impact of psychosocial factors and function. Sensory, affective and cognitive factors contribute to the...

introduction: musculoskeletal pain accompanied by psychological problem lead to reduce the efficiency of adolescents; so, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and its association with psychological factors among female adolescents. materials and methods: the target population of this cross sectional study was female students (3625 in total) from both private and ...