Prescription time trends in patients with high-impact chronic pain: A National Patient Registry Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-impact chronic pain (HICP), defined as chronic pain with a significant impact on daily function, affects approximately 8% of the Western population. In Denmark, HICP still remains to be described at the population level. Some patients with HICP are referred to the Danish pain centres, where they are registered with a procedural code. We conducted a nationwide registry-based study of all Danish patients registered with a visit to a pain centre from January 2005 to March 2022, to explore time trends in the prescription of analgesics and sedatives in this HICP subpopulation. Furthermore, data on socioeconomics and hospital diagnoses are reported.

Methods

We used data from the Central Person Registry, the Danish National Patient Registry, the Danish National Pres

SUBMITTER: Bruun KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11755695 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature