COVID 19 pandemic influence on Pain Clinic patients of “Laikon” General Hospital of Athens

IF 1 4区医学 Q3 EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Signa Vitae Pub Date : 2021-09-15 DOI:10.22514/sv.2021.173

Aikaterini Liossi, E. Papaioannou, E. Kalliontzi, Efthimios Mavrommatis, C. Koufopoulou, Aggeliki Maniati, C. Paloumbi, E. Papadopoulou, A. Lambadariou

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Abstract

Aim: Aim of study was to record the COVID 19 pandemic impact on pain scores and quality of life in patients with chronic non-malignant pain, during lockdown periods. Material and Methods:119 patients, who have been taken care after “Laikon” General Hospital of Athens Pain Clinic, with non-malignant pain under control before COVID 19 pandemic outbreak, were studied. All of them were asked to complete questionnaires from the beginning of the first till the end of second lockdown, where the parameters recorded were pain score, ability to work, relationship with their family, friends, sexual life, psychological status, depression, optimism, and suicidal thoughts in a scale from 1 to 10 every trimester, and results were analysed and studied. All patients completed the same questionnaires according to the period before pandemic, as well. Need for extra analgesics’ prescription, or medications’ modification and supplementary analgesic medication, frequency of their appointments to pain clinic in comparison to the pre-pandemic era were also recorded. Statistical analysis of recorded parameters between the two lockdowns, their interval and pre-pandemic period followed questionnaires’ collection, using χ2 method. Results: Most patients from “Laikon” General Hospital of Athens Pain clinic, demonstrated statistically significant worsening in recorded parameters, which was attenuated during second lockdown period (raise in recorded pain scores, raise in need for analgesics, need for supplementary antidepressants, and higher frequency of appointments to pain clinic), in comparison to the period before COVID 19 pandemic. Conclusions: People lockdowns caused by COVID 19 pandemic had bad impact to quality of life and pain scores in patients with chronic non-malignant pain, with raise in pain clinic appointments’ frequency and modification plus supplementation of pharmaceutical treatment. Further studies, with higher number of patients are necessary to support these findings, hoping of course that no more lockdowns will be needed. © 2021, Pharmamed Mado Ltd. All rights reserved.

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2019冠状病毒病对雅典“赖康”综合医院疼痛门诊患者的影响

目的：本研究的目的是记录2019冠状病毒病疫情在封锁期间对慢性非恶性疼痛患者疼痛评分和生活质量的影响。材料和方法：对119名在雅典“Laikon”综合医院疼痛诊所接受治疗的患者进行研究，这些患者在2019冠状病毒病爆发前的非恶性疼痛得到了控制。从第一次封锁开始到第二次封锁结束，所有人都被要求完成问卷调查，记录的参数是疼痛评分、工作能力、与家人、朋友的关系、性生活、心理状态、抑郁、乐观和自杀念头，每三个月1到10分，并对结果进行分析和研究。所有患者也根据疫情前的时期完成了相同的问卷调查。与疫情前相比，还记录了对额外止痛药处方或药物改良和补充止痛药的需求，以及他们到疼痛诊所的预约频率。在收集问卷后，使用χ2方法对两次封锁之间的记录参数、封锁间隔和疫情前进行统计分析。结果：雅典“Laikon”综合医院疼痛诊所的大多数患者在记录的参数方面表现出统计学上显著的恶化，在第二次封锁期间有所减弱（记录的疼痛评分增加，对止痛药的需求增加，对补充抗抑郁药的需求，疼痛诊所的预约频率更高），与2019冠状病毒病大流行之前的时期相比。结论：新冠肺炎疫情导致的人群封锁对慢性非恶性疼痛患者的生活质量和疼痛评分产生了不良影响，疼痛门诊预约的频率和修改加上药物治疗的补充。有必要对更多的患者进行进一步的研究来支持这些发现，当然希望不需要更多的封锁。©2021，Pharmamed Mado有限公司保留所有权利。

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Signa Vitae 医学-急救医学

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1.30

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9.10%

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审稿时长

3 months

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