Epidemiology of Chronic Pain in the Latium Region, Italy. a Cross-sectional Study on the Clinical Characteristics of Patients Attending Pain Clinics

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Latina R., De Marinis Mg., Giordano F., Osbon J:f:, Giannarelli D., Di Biagio E., Varrassi G., Sansoni J., Bertini L., Baglio G., D’Angelo D., Baldeschi G. C., Piredda M., Carassiti M., Camilloni A., Paladini A., Casale G., Mastroianni C., Notaro P., Adducci E., Arcioni R., Bibisglia C., Bosco M., Capogrossi M., De Meo M. A., D’Este G., D’Orazio L., Fabroni S., Cagliardi A., Laganà S., Mattozzi I., La Placa E., Montone G., Natalini L., Orsetti R., Proietti R., Rabuffi G., Reale C., Rinaldi R., Siena G., Stefani M., Quadrino L., Diamanti P., Coaccioli S., Tarsitani G., Cattaruzza M. S., Prg Pain Researchers Group into Latium Region
ISSN: 1524-9042

Background: In Italy, chronic pain affects more than a quarter of the population, while the average European prevalence is 21%. This might be due to the high percentage of people who do not receive treatment, even after the passing of law 38/2010. Aims: To investigate the clinical characteristics of patients with non-cancer chronic pain. Methods: An observational, multi-center, cross-sectional study was performed and clinical records of adult chronic pain patients attending pain management clinics in the Latium Region, Italy, were retrospectively reviewed. Results. A total of 1606 patients (mean age 56.8 years, sd+11.4), 67% females, were analyzed. Severe pain was present in 54% of the sample. Females experienced it and had pain in 2+ sites more often than males (57% vs 50%; p= 0.02 and 55.2% vs 45.9%; p

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