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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-4-23
pubmed:abstractText
To ascertain whether chronic-pain patients who are likely to benefit from a pain-management program can be identified before treatment, we studied for differences discernible at the beginning of treatment a group who succeeded and did well at 1-year follow-up (n = 34) and a group who failed (n = 35). The two groups differed significantly (P less than 0.01) in regard to duration of pain, work time lost, number of operations, subjective pain level, and drug dependency. Deviations on the MMPI were greater in failures than in successes; but the differences were not statistically significant. A 7-item rating scale based on these data differentiated a favorable group (including 71% of the successes) from an unfavorable group (including 86% of the failures). This scale should be helpful in selection of candidates for a pain-management program, even though it needs further validation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0304-3959
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
321-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic pain: which patients may a pain-management program help?
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study