Research Article
Patient Satisfaction with Spanish Pain Centers: Observational Study with More than 3,000 Patients
Table 3
Evolution of pain (VAS and BPI-SF) and quality of life (EuroQoL-5D).
| | Baseline | 3 months | value |
| Current pain (VAS) | 7.4 ± 1.5 | 4 ± 1.9 | — |
| BPI-SF | | | | BPI-SF intensity summary | 6.5 ± 1.4 | 3.8 ± 1.9 | — | Pain relief in the last 24 h by received treatment (%) | 29.1% ± 19.9% | 60.9% ± 22.7% | — | BPI-SF interference summary | 44.8 ± 12.5 | 26.4 ± 15.1 | — |
| EuroQoL-5D | | | | Utility index | 0.37 ± 0.21 | 0.62 ± 0.22 | <0.001 | Today’s health status (VAS) | 40.7 ± 20.1 | 61.9 ± 19.3 | <0.001 | Patients with problems (2 and 3) in | | | | Mobility | 2,805 (82.2) | 2,127 (65.9) | — | Self-care | 2,194 (64.2) | 1,224 (37.9) | — | Usual activities | 3,142 (92.0) | 2,091 (64.8) | — | Pain/discomfort | 3,389 (99.3) | 2,657 (82.4) | — | Anxiety/depression | 2,650 (77.6) | 1,415 (43.9) | — |
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Data expressed as mean ± SD for continuous variables and as (%) for categorical variables.
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