Although we know chronic pain (CP) affects approximately 30% of people in developed countries, data from Latin America are scarce. Moreover, prevalence of specific CP conditions, such as chronic noncancer pain (CNCP), ...

© 2023 International Society for Health Economics and Outcomes ResearchChronic noncancer pain (CNCP) is, and continues to be, a global problem that affects people with multimorbidity. The objective is to comment on the gap ...

Chronic non-cancer pain in children and adolescents has been described as “a modern public health disaster” that has generated significant medical and economic burdens within society. Seen as a disease in its own right, ...

The beliefs and attitudes of health professionals affect the care ultimately provided to patients. The objective of this study was to analyze health professionals' beliefs toward chronic no cancer pain in nine (82%) pain ...

The Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT) has recommended that trialists evaluating treatments for chronic pain should consider reporting 9 patient-important outcome domains. ...

Pain is associated with emotional and physical suffering that severely impacts quality of life. Many guidelines for the treatment of moderate to severe cancer pain indicate the use of opioids. For a small proportion of the ...

According to evidence from recent decades, multicomponent programs of psychological intervention in people with chronic pain have reached the highest levels of efficacy. However, there are still many questions left to ...

Introducción: El dolor crónico en pacientes no oncológicos constituye un grave y creciente problema del sistema sanitario dada su gran prevalencia e incidencia en aumento. A nivel asistencial estos pacientes constituyen ...