Practice of Pain Management by Indian Healthcare Practitioners: Results of a Paper Based Questionnaire Survey

Table 7

Suggestions by healthcare professionals for better pain management.

GPs	CPs	General surgeons	Orthopedicians	Dentists
(i) Multimodal analgesia (84%); (ii) Patient controlled analgesia (51%); (iii) Referral to pain specialists (50%); (iv) Use of special techniques (30%); (v) Patient education (54%); (vi) Counseling (30%)	Patient education (29%)	(i) Multimodal analgesia (63.84%); (ii) Patient controlled analgesia (36.8%); (iii) Referral to pain specialists (31.57%); (iv) Use of special techniques (21%)	(i) Multimodal analgesia (83%); (ii) Patient controlled analgesia (32%); (iii) Referral to pain specialists (21%); (iv) Use of special techniques (51%)	(i) Patient education (45.11%); (ii) Patient counseling (20.30%); (iii) Treatment guidelines (8.17%)