Evolution in clinical and demographic characteristics of chronic pain patients affering to a Second Level Pain Unit - Evoluzione delle caratteristiche cliniche e demografiche dei pazienti con dolore cronico afferenti a un Servizio di Terapia del Dolore di Secondo Livello

• Main Authors: Laura Demartini (Author), Luciana Armiento (Author), Lucia Aurini (Author), Alessandra Maria Spinelli (Author), Lucia Angelini (Author), Gianluca Conversa (Author), Rita Melotti (Author), Cesare Bonezzi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Publiediting, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chronic pain is a common condition related to many diseases. In Italy, as in the rest of Europe, about 20 percent of adults report moderate to severe chronic pain, but very few patients refer to pain specialists and nearly half receive inadequate pain management. This leads to low health-related qua...