The state of Kerala, India boasts a well-developed and wide spread development in palliative care, but regarding the very idea of a free standing pain clinic is still in infancy, even at this most educated and health oriented state of India. This retrospective study looked in to the patient load and their profile, who visited its outpatient clinic.
We observed that majority of attendees were females (66.3%), literate (95%), married (95%), and the sufferers belonged to the most active age groups of the community ie, between 20 to 40 years (74.54 %). Among the painful conditions low back pain and lower limb pains constituted the major group, (23.97% each).
Such a study, not only provided an insight to pattern of cases but also gave a cross section of pain sufferers of the community and their orientation, helping to prepare and plan in future. We believe that while preparing to treat a wider spectrum of diseases and age groups not only enhances the role of multimodal approach to pain relief but also substantiate its relevance as an independent speciality.
Impact Factor
2022: 6.012
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