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11845340

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
In a regional pain management network in Cologne, sponsored by the German Ministry of Health, structures of outpatient pain treatment in general practice and the adherence to pain management guidelines were examined. The 3-year project was divided into a 1-year observational period to analyze the present state of outpatient pain management followed by a 2-year period of interventions such as consultations and educational training programs in pain treatment. Eighty physicians with different specializations working in general practice took part in the network. The knowledge of and adherence to the guidelines for the treatment of headache and cancer pain were examined by questionnaire surveys and six simulated patient cases. These investigations were performed yearly from 1997 to 2000. The adherence to the guidelines for the treatment of headache and cancer pain by the physicians participating in the network was low. The levels achieved for simulated cases of headache were higher than for cancer pain. The results of simulated patient cases from the beginning and the end of the project were available for comparison for 28 physicians. Evaluation of the physicians' assessment of the simulated patient cases increased only fractionally and was not significant in headache patients (median change of 0.67) and cancer pain patients (median change of 0.17). The network interventions resulted in a slight improvement in the knowledge of and attitudes to the treatment of headache and cancer pain as judged by simulated patient cases. This improvement, however, did not reach statistical significance. The small number of physicians answering at the beginning and at the end of the project made it difficult to draw a general conclusion on whether the interventions had led to an improvement in outpatient pain management in a larger group of physicians.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0932-433X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
41-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
[Application of guidelines for the treatment of headache and cancer pain by private practitioners].
pubmed:affiliation
Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin der Universität zu Köln, Gerrmany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract, Case Reports