SchmerzPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2022-07-21DOI: 10.1007/s00482-022-00661-x
Hans-Christoph Diener, Walter Lehmacher, Elmar Kroth, Anette Lampert, Thomas Weiser
{"title":"[Analgesic use in Germany : Survey of the years 2008 to 2019].","authors":"Hans-Christoph Diener, Walter Lehmacher, Elmar Kroth, Anette Lampert, Thomas Weiser","doi":"10.1007/s00482-022-00661-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00482-022-00661-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There are previously published data on the per capita use of analgesics in Germany, but only to 2005. In the present analysis, data for the years 2008-2019 were evaluated. The use of prescription and nonprescription analgesics was investigated and possible influencing factors were discussed.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The per capita use of prescription and nonprescription analgesics was determined based on data on prescriptions and cash purchases in pharmacies (IMS Pharmascope®, Wiener Neudorf, Austria). Moreover, an evaluation according to active substances was performed for nonprescription drugs. In addition, pharmaceutical manufacturers' advertising expenditures and changes in distribution channels were analyzed as possible influencing factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During the observation period 2008-2019, the use of prescription analgesics in Germany increased, while the use of nonprescription analgesics decreased. Single-agent drugs constitute the majority of sales of nonprescription analgesics. The share of combination drugs has decreased in recent years.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The use of nonprescription analgesics in Germany decreased between 2008 and 2019. The trend as of 1995, which was observed in a previous investigation, is therefore continuing. External factors, such as the increase in advertising expenses or easier access via mail-order pharmacies, do not appear to influence use.</p>","PeriodicalId":21572,"journal":{"name":"Schmerz","volume":" ","pages":"461-466"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10663189/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40526706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SchmerzPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-07-10DOI: 10.1007/s00482-023-00736-3
Anna Paul
{"title":"[Mind-body medicine in pain management].","authors":"Anna Paul","doi":"10.1007/s00482-023-00736-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00482-023-00736-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chronic pain affects around 3 million people in Germany. The drug therapies used are only effective to a limited extent and sometimes have considerable side effects. Methods of mind-body medicine (MBM) including especially mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), meditation and yoga, can significantly reduce the perceived intensity of the pain. Combined with evidence-based complementary medicine, MBM as mind-body medicine in integrative and complementary medicine (MICOM) is an effective instrument for self-efficacy and self-care with very few side effects. The reduction of stress plays a key role in this process.</p>","PeriodicalId":21572,"journal":{"name":"Schmerz","volume":" ","pages":"431-436"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9767088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SchmerzPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-21DOI: 10.1007/s00482-023-00762-1
Lukas Radbruch, Hans-Georg Schaible, Paul Herrmann
{"title":"[Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Manfred Zimmermann will be 90 years old: Heartfelt congratulations from Der Schmerz to its cofounder!]","authors":"Lukas Radbruch, Hans-Georg Schaible, Paul Herrmann","doi":"10.1007/s00482-023-00762-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00482-023-00762-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21572,"journal":{"name":"Schmerz","volume":"37 6","pages":"409-410"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138177208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SchmerzPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-21DOI: 10.1007/s00482-023-00763-0
Hans-Georg Schaible, Thomas Isenberg
{"title":"[Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Manfred Zimmermann will be 90 years old: heartfelt congratulations from the German Pain Society to its cofounder].","authors":"Hans-Georg Schaible, Thomas Isenberg","doi":"10.1007/s00482-023-00763-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00482-023-00763-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21572,"journal":{"name":"Schmerz","volume":"37 6","pages":"411-412"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138177209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SchmerzPub Date : 2023-10-16DOI: 10.1007/s00482-023-00757-y
Ahura Bassimtabar, Martin Alfuth
{"title":"[Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess physiotherapists' postural-structural-biomechanical-oriented beliefs about pain].","authors":"Ahura Bassimtabar, Martin Alfuth","doi":"10.1007/s00482-023-00757-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00482-023-00757-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Therapists frequently use the postural-structural-biomechanical (PSB) model in clinical practice to explain the symptom of pain using biomechanical deficits. Adequate knowledge about pain encompasses not only the neurophysiology of pain but also knowledge that existing PSB-oriented explanations of the development and enhancement of pain are outdated. There is no assessment to evaluate physiotherapists' PSB-oriented beliefs about pain.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of the present study was to develop a questionnaire to assess physiotherapists' PSB-oriented beliefs about pain and to evaluate its reliability (internal consistency), validity, and agreement.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Essential Knowledge of Pain Questionnaire (EKPQ) was constructed on the basis of a literature search and discussions between experts. In a pilot study, 32 pupils of a physiotherapy school were then asked to complete the German version of the revised Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire (rNPQ-D) and the EKPQ using the SoSci Survey in order to assess their knowledge and beliefs about pain.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The internal consistency of the EKPQ was acceptable with a Cronbach's α = 0.784. There was a strong positive significant correlation between the questionnaires (r = 0.518; p = 0.002). The Bland-Altman analysis revealed a mean difference of 28.9% (± standard deviation of the difference 15.3%) with an upper limit of 95% agreement of 58.8% and a lower limit of 95% agreement of -1.0% between the questionnaires. Participants achieved a mean score of 60.7% in the rNPQ‑D and a mean score of 31.8% in the EKPQ.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The newly developed EKPQ questionnaire seems to be a reliable and valid assessment to determine physiotherapists' PSB-oriented beliefs about pain. The results also confirm that a high level of knowledge about the neurophysiology of pain does not exclude a PSB orientation. Whether the EKPQ can be used alongside the rNPQ as an additional assessment to evaluate beliefs about pain should be investigated in the future with suitable study designs, e.g. Delphi study.</p>","PeriodicalId":21572,"journal":{"name":"Schmerz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41238331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SchmerzPub Date : 2023-10-01Epub Date: 2023-09-20DOI: 10.1007/s00482-023-00758-x
Dominik Irnich, Petra Bäumler, Florian Beißner, Jens Broscheit, Holger Cramer, Johannes Fleckenstein, Kristin Kieselbach, Jost Langhorst, Harald Lucius, Andreas Michalsen, Georg Seifert, Taras Usichenko
{"title":"[Scientific shortcomings in the CME article on complementary medicine in pain therapy].","authors":"Dominik Irnich, Petra Bäumler, Florian Beißner, Jens Broscheit, Holger Cramer, Johannes Fleckenstein, Kristin Kieselbach, Jost Langhorst, Harald Lucius, Andreas Michalsen, Georg Seifert, Taras Usichenko","doi":"10.1007/s00482-023-00758-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00482-023-00758-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21572,"journal":{"name":"Schmerz","volume":"37 5","pages":"372-377"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41127561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SchmerzPub Date : 2023-10-01Epub Date: 2023-09-18DOI: 10.1007/s00482-023-00751-4
Rebecca Bockholt, Martin Mirus
{"title":"[Principles of the pharmacology of local anesthetics].","authors":"Rebecca Bockholt, Martin Mirus","doi":"10.1007/s00482-023-00751-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00482-023-00751-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development of local anesthetics revolutionized the performance of painful interventions. Local anesthetics have an effect on voltage-gated sodium channels in nerve fibers and modulate the conduction of impulses. With respect to the chemical structure, local anesthetics can be divided into amide and ester types. The structural differences of local anesthetics have an influence on the duration of action, the degradation pathways and specific side effects. Severe adverse events include cardiotoxicity and neurotoxicity. In addition to basic measures, such as the monitoring and securing of vital parameters, lipid infusion represents a treatment option in cases of intoxication. The recent developments of local anesthetics are particularly concerned with the reduction of toxicity and prolonging the duration of action.</p>","PeriodicalId":21572,"journal":{"name":"Schmerz","volume":" ","pages":"389-405"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10290403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SchmerzPub Date : 2023-10-01Epub Date: 2023-06-06DOI: 10.1007/s00482-023-00722-9
Lisa M Pörtner, Daniela A Koppold, Christian S Kessler, Andreas Michalsen, Michael Jeitler
{"title":"[The potential of nutrition for pain management and planetary health].","authors":"Lisa M Pörtner, Daniela A Koppold, Christian S Kessler, Andreas Michalsen, Michael Jeitler","doi":"10.1007/s00482-023-00722-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00482-023-00722-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The consumption of western diets that are often rich in animal-source foods and low in wholesome, plant-based foods, has grave implications for public health. This is expressed in a growing prevalence of obesity as well as high rates of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and some cancers. At the same time, current global dietary patterns are major contributors to global environmental challenges, i.e. the climate and the biodiversity crisis, and are thereby a major threat to planetary health. Shifting to more plant-based diets, e.g. in line with the \"Planetary Health Diet\", provides a major opportunity to improve individual and planetary health. Plant-based dietary patterns with an increase in the consumption of anti-inflammatory and a decrease in pro-inflammatory substances can also lead to improvements in pain symptoms, especially in inflammatory or degenerative joint diseases. In addition, dietary shifts are a prerequisite to achieve global environmental targets and thereby ensure a livable and healthy future for everyone. Medical professionals therefore have a special responsibility to actively promote this transformation.</p>","PeriodicalId":21572,"journal":{"name":"Schmerz","volume":" ","pages":"344-349"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9633126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SchmerzPub Date : 2023-10-01Epub Date: 2022-07-14DOI: 10.1007/s00482-022-00659-5
David Hohenschurz-Schmidt, Whitney Scott, Charlie Park, Georgios Christopoulos, Steven Vogel, Jerry Draper-Rodi
{"title":"[Remote management of musculoskeletal pain : A pragmatic approach to the implementation of video and phone consultations in musculoskeletal practice. German version].","authors":"David Hohenschurz-Schmidt, Whitney Scott, Charlie Park, Georgios Christopoulos, Steven Vogel, Jerry Draper-Rodi","doi":"10.1007/s00482-022-00659-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00482-022-00659-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Remote consultations through phone or video are gaining in importance for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain across a range of health care providers. However, there is a plethora of technical options for practitioners to choose from, and there are various challenges in the adaptation of clinical processes as well as several special considerations regarding regulatory context and patient management. Practitioners are faced with a lack of high-quality peer-reviewed resources to guide the planning and practical implementation of remote consultations.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This Clinical Update seeks to provide practical guidance for the planning and implementation of remote consultations for the management and treatment of people with musculoskeletal pain.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Recommendations are based on a brief overview of the relevant research regarding phone and video consultations for musculoskeletal practice and derived from the literature, relevant guidelines, and practical experience.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The technical feasibility of remote consultations for musculoskeletal complaints is good, patient satisfaction is high, and a growing body of evidence supports its comparative effectiveness to in-person consultations in some circumstances for improving pain and functioning. We consider in detail practical aspects such as the choosing of hardware and software, we touch on the legal and regulatory context, and we focus on the adaptation of clinical processes and communication.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This Clinical Update draws together best-practice evidence in a practically applicable format, enabling therapists who are working with people with pain to directly apply this knowledge to their individual clinical settings and the requirements of their patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":21572,"journal":{"name":"Schmerz","volume":" ","pages":"360-371"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9281242/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40590277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}