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Lassen, Christoph L. ; Siam, Laila ; Degenhart, Astrid ; Klier, Tobias ; Bundscherer, Anika Christin ; Lindenberg, Nicole

Short-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with a chronic pain disorder

Lassen, Christoph L. , Siam, Laila, Degenhart, Astrid, Klier, Tobias, Bundscherer, Anika Christin und Lindenberg, Nicole (2021) Short-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with a chronic pain disorder. Medicine 100 (10), e25153. (Im Druck)

Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 16 Mrz 2021 15:06
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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.44359


Zusammenfassung

The current Covid-19 pandemic has already had a definite impact on the daily life of many people worldwide. It has been proposed that people with preexisting medical conditions will be harder hit by the pandemic and the subsequent measures to contain the spread of the disease. In this questionnaire-based, observational study, we aimed to assess the impact of the pandemic on patients with a ...

The current Covid-19 pandemic has already had a definite impact on the daily life of many people worldwide. It has been proposed that people with preexisting medical conditions will be harder hit by the pandemic and the subsequent measures to contain the spread of the disease. In this questionnaire-based, observational study, we aimed to assess the impact of the pandemic on patients with a chronic pain disorder, who are treated at a tertiary multidisciplinary pain center. Participants rated the impact of the pandemic on their chronic pain disorder using a self-designed questionnaire. Also, participants filled out the regular follow-up questionnaire to assess a chronic pain disorder measuring among other parameters pain intensity, symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, and pain-related quality of life. Of 136 eligible patients who presented to our pain center between May 5th and July 17th, 112 agreed to participate in the study (82.4%). Eighty two participants (73.2%) reported a deterioration of the pain disorder using the self-designed questionnaire. The more robust parameters of the regular follow-up questionnaire showed no relevant changes compared to data collected before the pandemic. We were not able to detect any demographic and medical parameters that were clinically relevantly associated with a higher impact of the pandemic. We conclude that a chronic pain disorder is a relatively stable disease that does not change significantly due to external factors, like the Covid-19 pandemic, even if the subjective impact is perceived to be high.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftMedicine
Verlag:Lippincott
Ort der Veröffentlichung:PHILADELPHIA
Band:100
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels:10
Seitenbereich:e25153
Datum12 März 2021
InstitutionenMedizin > Lehrstuhl für Anästhesiologie
Identifikationsnummer
WertTyp
10.1097/MD.0000000000025153DOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsMENTAL-HEALTH; CARE; chronic pain; COVID-19; pandemics
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin
StatusIm Druck
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-443597
Dokumenten-ID44359

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