Research Article
Psychiatric Disorders in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): The Role of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist
Table 2
Demographic data with mean value (±SD); median (range).
| Male/female | 18/46 | Age at onset of pain | 49.6 years (±13.1 years) | Age at last consultation | 53.6 years (±12.8 years) | Time period between onset of pain and outpatient admission | 1.6 years (±2.5); 0.5 years (immediately,13.3 years) | Time period between diagnosis and outpatient presentation | 0.4 years (±1.0); 0.02 years (immediately, 7.5 years) | Treatment period | 2.4 years (±3.6); 0.6 years (one consultation up to 15 years) | Number of consultations | 23 (±37); 9 (1,190 consultations) | Upper/lower extremities | 56/8 | CRPS type I/type II | 43/21 | Number of patients with surgery before onset of CRPS | 47 |
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The VAS value of all 64 patients was 5.0 ± 2.5. Value at the end of therapy: 3.6 ± 2.1 ( ). |