Abstract
Pain occupies a consultations in health services around the world, 20% in Spain. Half of these patients have sleep problems. It is important to evaluate how sleep is affected by pain intensity, comorbidities and treatment in patients in specialized services such as the Pain Unit (UDO), and the Pharmacy Office (OF) where they come from various specialties. Patients with and without complaints about their sleep were surveyed. All patients answered a questionnaire that covered clinical aspects (pain intensity), comorbidities that affected sleep (HAD- anxiety and depression), and sleep (Pittsburgh and MOS-S tests). RESULTS: 192 patients with pain were recruited (UDO=137, OF=55), aged between 46 and 77 years, all of them with pain intensity that ranged between 5.2/10 in the OF, and 6.9/10 in the UDO. High anxiety values were found in the group of OF patients, as in those from the UDO, as well as high depression values in a subgroup of the UDO patients. The sleep values of the MOS-S tests were found to be especially altered (mainly shortness of breath and high drowsiness), and the Pittsburgh result gave a total value that indicated the need for medical control. Pain is a multidimensional entity, and there may be many aspects that may be worsening sleep. However, what is indisputable is that there is work to improve the quality of life of these patients. Keywords: Pain; Chronic; Sleep; Anxiety; Depression
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