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

Table 4

Prescriptions and rate of prescription of interventional pain management and other therapeutic procedures performed on-site at multidisciplinary chronic pain clinics at baseline, six months, and twelve months and during the whole follow-up period.

	Baseline; ()		Six months; ()		Twelve months; ()		Total throughout the one-year follow-up; ()
		Rate		Rate		Rate		Rate
Interventional pain management
Nerve blocks	41	5.1	51	6.4	37	5.0	108	14.5
Viscosupplementation	19	2.4	6	0.7	4	0.5	22	3.0
Radiofrequency	12	1.5	16	2.0	5	0.7	31	4.2
Botulinum toxin	10	1.2	2	0.2	3	0.4	14	1.9
Epidural injections	9	1.1	11	1.4	2	0.3	19	2.6
Neurostimulation	—	—	1	0.1	—	—	1	0.1
Total	91	11.3	87	10.9	51	6.9	195	26.2
OTP performed on-site
Infusions	43	5.3	38	4.7	25	3.4	95	12.8
Acupuncture	38	4.7	73	9.1	45	6.0	128	17.2
Mesotherapy	1	0.1	1	0.1	—	—	2	0.3
Total	82	10.1	199	14.0	70	9.4	225	30.2

Each row of the table includes the number of 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 (), the average number of prescriptions per 100 patients at each assessment time point (rate). , number of patients at each assessment time point. OTP, other therapeutic procedures.