Research Article
Patient Satisfaction with Spanish Pain Centers: Observational Study with More than 3,000 Patients
Table 1
Baseline sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the patients.
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| Women | 2,239 (65.6) |
| Age | 61.3 ± 14.4 |
| Current pain (VAS) | 7.4 ± 1.5 |
| Referral from | | Primary care | 768 (22.5) | Rheumatology | 284 (8.3) | Traumatology | 1,387 (40.6) | Internal medicine | 79 (2.3) | Neurosurgery | 306 (9.0) | Rehabilitation | 221 (6.5) | Surgery | 73 (2.1) | Other | 296 (8.7) |
| Living | | Alone | 425 (12.4) | With family member | 2,878 (84.3) | Nursery home | 71 (2.1) | Other | 40 (1.2) |
| Care required from a third party | 748 (22.0) |
| Ambulance use for medical visits | 148 (4.3) |
| Working status | | Able to work | 801 (23.5) | Retired | 1,672 (49.0) | Unable to work | 452 (13.2) | Medical leave of absence | 488 (14.3) |
| Pain origin | | Somatic | 2,681 (78.5) | Visceral | 81 (2.4) | Neuropathic | 1,996 (58.5) |
| Pain type | | Arthrosis/arthritis | 1,867 (55.6) | Hernia/disc pathology | 1,435 (42.8) | Neuropathy | 527 (15.7) | Osteoporosis | 456 (13.6) | Myofascial pain syndrome | 418 (12.5) | Other | 126 (3.8) | Visceral pain | 61 (1.8) | Vascular pain | 62 (1.8) | Failed back surgery syndrome | 47 (1.4) | Other postsurgical pains | 37 (1.1) | Vertebral compression fracture | 27 (0.8) | Other posttrauma pains | 25 (0.7) |
| Current health status as compared to last 12 months | | Better | 126 (3.7) | Same | 788 (23.1) | Worse | 2,499 (73.2) |
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Multiple answer question. Data expressed as (%) or mean ± SD.
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