Pain magnitude at the preferential 'gateway' of the Single Health System
| Autor: | Simone Regina Alves de Freitas Barros, Maria Cidney da Silva Soares, Pedro Henrique de Barros Falcão |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Dor, Vol 16, Iss 4, Pp 285-287 |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1806-0013 2317-6393 |
| DOI: | 10.5935/1806-0013.20150058 |
| Popis: | ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Since the dawn of civilization, pain was and still is a major concern for humankind. It is estimated that 80% of the world population look for the health system due to pain complaints. American epidemiological studies show that 20% of adults assisted by primary health attention services suffer from chronic pain. This study aimed at identifying the incidence of pain in adults in the Primary Health Attention. METHODS: Documental research carried out in a family health unit of the city of Tupanatinga/PE. Sample was made up of medical charts of users (adults) registered in the Unit. A total of 1071 charts they analyzed. A verbal scale was used to evaluate the incidence of pain. RESULTS: According to the verbal scale, the prevalence of pain among users of the family health unit was 42%. Associating pain to gender, it was observed that there has been statistically significant association (p |
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