Clinical Characteristics, Patient-Reported Outcomes, and Previous Therapeutic Management of Patients with Uncontrolled Neuropathic Pain Referred to Pain Clinics

Table 6

Treatment satisfaction by specialty.

Characteristic	Overall 𝑁=728	Primary care 𝑁=118	Traumatology 𝑁=242	Neurology 𝑁=56	Neurosurgery 𝑁=58	Rehabilitation 𝑁=36	Rheumatology 𝑁=32	Other surgeries 𝑁=62	Other specialties 𝑁=102
Experiencing side effects, %	51.7	57.8	49.3	67.9	51.9	47.1	60.0	37.3	46.3
SATMED-Q dimensions, mean ± SD
Undesirable side effects	74.8±29.2	72.34±29.08	75.14±28.24	70.12±28.29	70.83±33.14	73.51±31.59	70.83±31.99	84.76±25.44	77.95±30.55
Treatment effectiveness	32.4±25.8	34.20±25.72	31.93±24.76	38.56±28.58	32.27±25.52	28.23±25.52	39.03±24.67	39.44±30.54	24.24±24.06
Convenience of use	58.2±25.2	60.48±25.32	59.91±23.83	59.80±24.82	53.01±28.79	58.47±26.23	62.22±22.61	60.05±24.73	52.06±27.09
Impact on daily living/activities	30.9±26.6	33.41±26.05	29.46±26.45	35.26±27.45	33.83±28.29	26.82±24.39	34.72±21.00	37.77±30.19	24.64±25.65
Medical care	63.9±28.0	63.29±29.55	62.50±28.26	64.66±26.86	65.25±27.12	59.38±26.94	55.83±29.68	68.62±29.66	68.41±25.97
Global satisfaction	44.3±30.3	50.23±29.60	42.69±30.49	50.16±29.68	44.17±29.08	33.59±30.64	45.11±28.04	52.13±33.31	38.68±28.75
Total composite score	50.7±17.5	51.88±17.18	50.92±17.11	53.36±18.09	48.88±18.97	47.35±18.98	52.32±16.62	57.57±20.96	46.37±14.96

SATMED-Q: Treatment Satisfaction with Medicines Questionnaire; SD: standard deviation.