Abstract
AbstractObjectives: The aim was to determine the habits of physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists (PRM) in the prescription of analgesics and application of different physical modalities in outpatients, and to investigate if there are any differences with respect to doctors age. Methods: We performed a retrospective study of outpatients treated at the Clinic for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Clinical Center Serbia, for 3 month period. The assessment was performed by patient reports analysis. We investigated the age of doctors, the diagnosis, whether pain intensity was measured using validated pain scale, if analgesics, physical modalities, or the combination were prescribed. We also examined the type of prescribed analgesics. Results: Out of 340 outpatients (192 males, 148 females, mean 45.2 ± 15.89 years) treated by 19 PRM specialists were included in the study. PRM specialists did not measured pain intensity by any valid scale in 296 patients (87.1%). NSAIDs where most used analgesic i...
Highlights
Musculoskeletal pain is a pain of a nociceptive or neuropathic nature with influence by psychological and socio-environmental factors (Furlan, Sandoval, Mailis-Gagnon, & Tunks, 2006)
We investigated the age of the doctors, the diagnosis, whether pain intensity was measured using a validated pain scale, and the treatment method
Our results showed that younger PRM specialists prescribe analgesics more often separately or in combination with physical modalities compared to their older colleagues
Summary
Musculoskeletal pain is a pain of a nociceptive or neuropathic nature with influence by psychological and socio-environmental factors (Furlan, Sandoval, Mailis-Gagnon, & Tunks, 2006). Rehabilitation of patients with musculoskeletal problems in the last few decades has changed significantly in terms of new techniques and early initiation of the process of rehabilitation
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