Zhang Dong,Peng Lihua,Min Su.Healthcare seeking behavior of pain along with its related factors at outpatient department in a hospital in Chongqing: a cross-sectional survey[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2014,36(16):1720-1724.
Zhang Dong,Peng Lihua,Min Su.Healthcare seeking behavior of pain along with its related factors at outpatient department in a hospital in Chongqing: a cross-sectional survey[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2014,36(16):1720-1724.DOI:
Objective To analyze the disease burden of pain and healthcare seeking behavior of pain along with its related factors at the outpatient department in a teaching hospital in Chongqing. Methods This study was conducted as a cross-sectional survey. A total of 871 outpatients were investigated by questionnaires within 72 h in this hospital. Pain (chief complaint
incide
nce
severity and duration)
the impact of pain on fatigue and sleep
healthcare seeking behavior of pain and demographic factors of all patients were recorded and analyzed. Results Among the 871 patient of survey
the pain prevalence rate was 46.15%
wherein that of surgery
internal medicine and medical examination center was 55.64%
47.88%
and 20.00%
respectively; that of female was 49.40% and that of male was 41.82%; that of acute pain was 58.46% and that of chronic pain was 29.60%. Generally 75.66% of the outpatients did not use analgesics
and 68.43% did not receive pain treatment. The awareness rates of analgesia measures in the outpatients were: anti-inflammatory analgesics 88.40%
opioid 46.96%
patient-controlled analgesia 29.39%
nerve block 28.13%
surgery treatment 22.62%
radiotherapy 19.86%
traditional Chinese medicine treatment 8.96% and from radiofrequency treatment 6.20%. There were 65.79% outpatients suffering from fatigue and 36.05% suffering from sleep disorders
indicating that patients with pain were more likely to have fatigue and sleep disorders (
P
0.01). Demographic factors influencing healthcare seeking behavior of pain included age
gender
education
marital status and economics (
P
varied from 0.000 1 to 0.022 6). Conclusion High prevalence of pain in the outpatient department of this hospital is observed. Pain impacts on the prevalence of fatigue and sleep disorders in the outpatients. These patients exhibit poor healthcare seeking behavior and a lack of awareness of pain
as well as their knowledge of pain. Moreover
the quality of life of these patients is influenced by pain.