Filter by: patients
What is Pain management?

In addition to medication adjustments and other therapies pain management may be helped with lifestyle changes such as eating a balanced diet, getting adequate sleep and appropriate exercise.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Chronic pain 18 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Pain 9 1 Efficacy_major
Back pain 5 0
Fibromyalgia 4 1 Efficacy_slight
to get through the day 3 0
Fatigue 2 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 50 patients currently using Pain management

Mouse over the table for more information

Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1
Moderate
2
Mild
0
None
3

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Pain management

Hospitalization 2
Depressed mood 1
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 1
Stiffness in legs 1
Chronic constipation 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Pain management (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 50%
Other 2   Other: 33%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 17%
Expense 1   Expense: 17%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped using Pain management

Currently Using Pain management

A bar graph

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Using Pain management

A bar graph

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Pain management

Always
4 67%
Usually
2 33%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Pain management

Very
1 17%
Somewhat
2 33%
A little
1 17%
Not at all
2 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Pain management

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 50%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 50%

Report created on February 12, 2012.