Unmet Needs in the Osteoarthritis Chronic Moderate to Severe Pain Management in Spain: A Real Word Data Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients with moderate or severe pain due to osteoarthritis (OAP) usually undergo pharmacological treatment with NSAIDs and/or opioids. Many of them do not get adequate pain relief because of intolerances, contraindications and the ineffectiveness of these treatments. The main objective of the present study was to quantify the group of OAP patients who are inadequately treated for their pain in routine clinical practice in Spain and to describe the prescription flow of these patients.

Methods

This was a non-interventional, retrospective cohort study conducted using the IQVIA's electronic medical records database in Spain. Patients with osteoarthritis (OA), aged ≥ 15 years and receiving any pain treatment during 12 out of 24 months between 1 October 2017 and 30 S

SUBMITTER: Castro-Dominguez F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8380598 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature