통증치료실 환자의 1년간 통계고찰

A Clinical Survey of Pain Clinic Patients over a 1-Year Period

Background: Recently, the number of pain clinics in Korea is gradually increasing. It is the purpose of this article to analyze and assess our patients over a 1-year period to improve the overall quality of pain management. Methods: We analyzed 1,133 patients who visited the Chosun University Hospital Pain Clinic from May 2000 to April 2001, according to months, age, sex, disease, and type of blocks administered. Results: The most frequent age group was in their sixties. About one half of the patients complained of lower back pain (45.6%) and epidural blocks (46.5%) were most frequently administered as a treatment. Conclusions: More personnel are required to be involved in pain management. Additionally, we should make every effort to conduct research to develop good quality treatments.