Pan-Canadian Estimates of Chronic Pain Prevalence From 2000 to 2014: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Survey Analysis

Introduction: In MBBS completion, Internship period is often having a relatively free time after their duty hours, which is nowadays is being more diverted to spending time online on internet, consequently their usage pattern justifies the study in this area in Indian scenario.Materials and Methods: A prospective cross-sectional survey was carried out on all MBBS medical Interns of 2009 batch attending department of Community Medicine every month(10 Interns/month-total=100) of a Private medical College-Muzaffarnagar. They were first enlisted and their permission for participation and consent in the study were sought, followed by ethical approval of higher authorities of Institution was taken from 1st July 2013 to 1st July 14. A pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was e-mailed to collect data from medical interns and data analysis was done using Epi-info software version 7.1.3.3. Results: The mode of assessment of Internet by Interns was primarily through Smartphone's (60%), in which Google search & Facebook were used in maximum(69% & 75%). Although difference between impact of Internet on daily and professional life of interns was highly statistically significant (X2= 16.82,d.f=1,p<0.001) but we found, there was no association between monthly amount spent on internet and number of hours spent on Internet (X2=0.74, df=1,p>0.05). 55% of interns used internet > 100 hours in a month.Conclusion: Internet is significantly impacting the daily and professional life of Interns; so they need counseling services from department of Community medicine and Psychiatry in order to regulate Internet use, which can be further clarified from more in-depth studies in future.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v6i2.10754Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.6(2) 2015 99-104

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Đánh giá ảnh hưởng của đau mạn tính lên sức khỏe tổng quát ở bệnh nhân điều trị tại khoa YHCT Bệnh viện TW Huế cơ sở 2

Journal of Clinical Medicine- Hue Central Hospital ◽

10.38103/jcmhch.2020.60.2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Kim Lan Lại Thị

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Traditional Medicine ◽

General Health ◽

Common Symptom ◽

Low Back ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medicine Department ◽

Common Location ◽

The Common

EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF CHRONIC PAIN TO PATIENT’S GENERAL HEALTH AT TRADITIONAL MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF HUE CENTRAL HOSPITAL BRANCH 2 Background: Pain is a very common symptom in the community and it is a leading cause of patients have to meet doctors and come to hospitals. Chronic pain results in poor quality of life, many days lost from work and high direct and indirect costs for the health care system. Objective: To investigate on chronic pain and general health with their ralated factors on patients at Traditional medicine department. To evaluate the effects of chronic pain to general health. Participants and method: A cross-sectional survey was performed for patients at Traditional medicine department with the pain and general health questionaire from 6/2018 to 6/2019. Results: Duration of chronic pain is very long. The common location of pain is low back. Majority of patients reported their pain condition is from moderate to severe level. Majority of patients have general health is lower moderate level. Conclusion: Chronic pain is one of the major health problems of the population. The common location of pain is low-back. The first is not to determine the effect of pain to general health of patient. Keywords: chronin pain, general health

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Changes in the healthcare utilization after establishment of emergency centre in Yaoundé, Cameroon: A before and after cross-sectional survey analysis

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0211777 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. e0211777

Author(s):

So Yeon Joyce Kong ◽

Dae Han Wi ◽

Young Sun Ro ◽

Sang Do Shin ◽

Joongsik Jeong ◽

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Keyword(s):

Healthcare Utilization ◽

Survey Analysis ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Before And After

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Association of sleep sufficiency and duration with chronic pain prevalence: A population-based cross-sectional study

Journal of Psychosomatic Research ◽

10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.03.005 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 120 ◽

pp. 74-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Keiko Yamada ◽

Yasuhiko Kubota ◽

Yuji Shimizu ◽

Masahiko Shibata ◽

Nobuo Morotomi

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Population Based ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Pain Prevalence

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Online paediatric chronic pain management: assessing the needs of UK adolescents and parents, using a cross-sectional survey

British Journal of Pain ◽

10.1177/2049463720940341 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 204946372094034

Author(s):

Anna Hurley-Wallace ◽

Daniel E Schoth ◽

Suzanne Lilley ◽

Glyn Williams ◽

Christina Liossi

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Chronic Pain ◽

Pain Management ◽

Online Survey ◽

Interdisciplinary Treatment ◽

Future Research ◽

Chronic Pain Management ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Social Media Platforms

Background: Adolescent chronic pain is prevalent, and interdisciplinary treatment is recommended. Although it is well known that technology is a key part of adolescents’ daily lives, there have not been any online, interdisciplinary interventions developed for adolescents with chronic pain in a UK healthcare context. Little is known about how adolescents currently use online resources to manage chronic pain, or what guidance they seek. Methods: Ninety-five participants from the community answered this mixed-methods, online survey (adolescent n = 54, parent n = 41), which assessed the needs of UK-based adolescents for a new online chronic pain management resource. Results: Findings indicated that, at the time of the survey, adolescents frequently used social media platforms, such as Instagram, for chronic pain management. Desired techniques for a new interdisciplinary resource for adolescents included ‘advice on explaining chronic pain to others’ (86.7% of adolescents) and sleep hygiene (82.2% of adolescents), though access to a range of pain management techniques was desired. Qualitative results indicated endorsement of a new programme by adolescents and parents. Conclusions: Adolescents and parents had a positive outlook towards the development of a UK-specific online resource to help manage chronic pain. Such an intervention should aim to be made accessible via the National Health Service. Adolescent use of social media platforms to seek support for chronic pain requires further exploration in future research.

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