Interventional Pain Management in Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Clinics: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study with One-Year Follow-Up

Table 1

Number of patients that received a prescription of interventional pain management and other therapeutic procedures performed on-site at multidisciplinary chronic pain clinics.

	Baseline		Six months		Twelve months		Total throughout the one-year follow-up
IPM and/or OTC performed on-site
Yes	89		122		139		—
No	719		679		605		—
		%		%		%		%
IPM
Nerve blocks	39	4.8	32	4.0	20	2.7	88	11.8
Viscosupplementation	18	2.2	1	0.1	1	0.1	16	2.2
Radiofrequency	13	1.6	11	1.4	5	0.7	28	3.8
Botulinum toxin	10	1.2	2	0.2	1	0.1	12	1.6
Epidural injections	9	1.1	9	1.1	1	0.1	17	2.3
Neurostimulation	—	—	1	0.1	—	—	1	0.1
Total	89	11.0	56	7.0	28	3.8	162	21.8
OTP performed on-site
Acupuncture	33	4.1	20	2.5	12	1.6	52	7.0
Infusions	21	2.6	8	1.0	11	1.5	31	4.2
Mesotherapy	1	0.1	1	0.1	—	—	2	0.3
Total	55	6.8	29	3.6	23	3.1	85	11.4

At the top of the table, in each row there is the cumulative number of patients who had interventional pain management and/or other therapeutic procedures prescribed at multidisciplinary chronic pain clinics at each assessment time point. , number of patients at each assessment time point. Furthermore, in each row there are the number of patients () and proportions of patients (%) that were prescribed interventional pain management or other therapeutic procedures performed on-site at multidisciplinary chronic pain clinics at each assessment time point and during the follow-up time. IPM, interventional pain management. OTP, other therapeutic procedures.