The research report entitled Living with opioids: a qualitative study with patients with chronic non-cancer pain, has been accepted for its publication in the prestigious and international Health Expectations journal. This work, started in 2018, takes part of Helena de Sola’s doctoral thesis, a member of the Observatory of Pain,...
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Which is the adherence to the analgesic treatment in Spanish patients with chronic pain?
To know the frequency of the adherence to the analgesic treatment in Spanish patients with chronic pain and to analyse the factors associated with it are the objectives of our new report published by the Journal of Clinical Medicine on November 14, the Adherence Day’s Eve. The report, entitled “A...
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health publishes our last study
The international Journal of Environment Research and Public Health has recently published our last report, which is a part of the project that the Observatory of Pain is carrying out, called Relationship between the phenotypic characteristics of pain and the presence of digestive disorders, sleep disorders and cognitive function disorders...
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What is the prevalence of the use of opioids in people with chronic pain?
This question is answered in our new report that has been published in the important Frontiers in Pharmacology journal. The report, entitled Prevalence of therapeutic use of opioids non-cancer pain patients and associated factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis is the first systematic review and meta-analysis that sums up the...
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Cum Laude distinction for our colleague Helena de Sola Perea
Last Tuesday, July 7, our colleague from the Pain Observatory team, Helena de Sola Perea, defended her doctoral thesis entitled Prevalence and associated factors of the use of opioids in the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain. Perspective of the general Spanish population and the experience of patients. An excellent and...
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Ten years of study and work in the field of pain
A small space in the University of Cádiz, a lot of hope and the desire to address the most relevant issues in the field of pain were the ingredients of the creation of de Observatory of pain that celebrates in 2020 its 10 years birthday. On May 3 of 2010,...
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Looking for new techniques of communication with patients that suffers pain
How do students of Medicine and future doctors face pain? With which attitude do they face this problem? To clarify these and other questions was the purpose of the Family Doctor Cristina Naranjo Muñoz, a specialist that -together with the Observatory of Pain- has participated in the XXIV Health Communication...
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Diario Médico gives us a voice with the publication of our last study about opioids
The prestigious news website Diario Médico has published our latest study about opioids, a work of field carried out with many details and during several months in which we tried to clarify some questions that the Spanish population have when they hear about opioids as an effective way to deal...
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Grünenthal Foundation’s Painless Newsletter gives voice to new studies about pain in Spain
The Grünenthal Foundation’s Painless Newsletter spoke on its last number about the exhaustive and meticulous work that we do at the Observatory of Pain. A project that has already added several years and a lot of relevant data that is run by Dr. Inmaculada Failce, the one in charge to...
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Just 30% of the patients with chronic pain takes medication correctly
The latest study carried out by the Observatory of Pain concludes that just 30% of the patients that suffer chronic pain take the treatment according to the recommendations of doctors. In spite of this data, more than 80% of survey respondents confirm to take the medication just like their doctors...